Re: how recognize output of dialog ncurses inside shell

[Peter Odding <peter@...>]

>> How can i get some info about installing specific application what uses
>> dialog ncurses windows with progress bars and messages?
> 
> You need something that opens a pseudo terminal and runs the
> application within that.  Traditionally, such tools are called
> "expect".  I don't know if anyone has published a working LuaExpect,
> I'm afraid.

I've never used it but it seems that Steve Donovan wrote a basic lexpect
module:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2009-05/msg00403.html