I'm just about to start work on a console-mode application, which needs to run primarily on an ANSI-compliant, hand held, 40 column terminal, but will be designed to run on the local console, or across the net over an SSH connection. Pretty typical I guess.

FWIW, the application is an interface to a piece of industrial equipment, basically providing setup options and error reporting. It's your run-of-the-mill menu-driven interface with a couple of status lines at the bottom. There may be reason to consider mode changes from 40 column to 20 column (bigger type) to report major faults (like, emergency stop pressed, etc.) but only on the local terminal.

I don't feel like I've got a handle on the options for programming this. I've found 

Use Curses;
and the various 
use Term::...
stuff. Either of these would work, with curses perhaps being a good starting point.

I suspect, though, that there may be other frameworks in CPAN, or other directions I should consider. Could someone with more experience provide some other options I might review?

In reply to Console programming framework by ginseng

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