1.5. Text User Interface

The text user interface (TUI) in Fluent, also referred to as The Console, is written in a dialect of Lisp called Scheme. Users familiar with Scheme will be able to use the interpretive capabilities of the interface to create customized commands. The text-based menu system provides a hierarchical interface to the underlying procedural interface of the program.

  • You can easily manipulate its operation with standard text-based tools—input can be saved in files, modified using text editors, and read back in to be executed.

  • The text menu system is tightly integrated with the Scheme extension language, so it can easily be programmed to provide sophisticated control and customized functionality.

A more complete description of the text-based interface, including a full list of commands is available in Fluent Text Command List.