I am trying to make a simple menu-driven perl application. I've done this without the use of any extra modules by just printing lines, reading input, and using a switch to call subs based on which number you entered. This works, but of course everything just scrolls and scrolls and looks pretty bad.

I'd like, instead, to use Curses to build menus, sub-menus, etc. I found the Curses::UI module which gives you an easy way to do lot's of cool things, but I don't see a "menu" widget, other than a top menu bar. Is there no module to simplify the creation of menus that execute subs or show sub-menus?? This seems like it must exist...

In reply to Curses menus by HeroesDieYoung

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