printf is my TUI framework

My IRC client holocall is written in C3, and its terminal interface didn't start with a framework. It started as debug output from printf and grew one commit at a time: a scroll region, saved cursor positions and a mutex. The whole terminal part is one file, 61 lines. Source: https://relic.copland.systems/holocal... Chapters 0:00 The client today 0:20 Day one: printf only 0:50 The idea 1:02 The term module 1:47 Same chat, new module 2:07 Growing one commit at a time 2:37 The day-one view comes back 3:03 Limits 3:21 Why not a framework? 3:46 Wrap-up Sources XTerm Control Sequences (DECSTBM scroll region, DECSC/DECRC save/restore cursor, CUP, ED/EL): https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ct... Bubble Tea README (based on The Elm Architecture: Init, Update, View): https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubb... Ratatui, The Elm Architecture as one application pattern: https://ratatui.rs/concepts/applicati... Textual: https://textual.textualize.io/ Ergo IRC server: https://ergo.chat/ IRCv3 specifications: https://ircv3.net/irc/