ppmenu 0.1.0

A pure Python terminal menu system with quick navigation and custom layouts.

Pure Python Menu (PPMenu)

A simple, powerful, and fast terminal menu system for Python.

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What is PPMenu?

PPMenu is a lightweight pure Python menu builder focused on:

• Quick navigation with arrow keys, vim keys, and quick jumps
• ALT+key quick-jumps for professional control
• Full customization: titles, carts, dynamic displays
• No external dependencies — works everywhere!

Built for terminal applications, system tools, games, shops,
and anywhere a clean text menu is needed.

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Features

• 🧭 Navigate with arrow keys, hjkl, quick letters
• ⚡ Jump instantly with quick letters ([f] File, [o] Open, etc.)
• ✨ ALT+Quick-Jump support for professional Vim users (only h/j/k/l)
• 🎨 Custom color schemes (titles, selected items, submenus)
• 🛠️ Full extensibility: override parts of the display
• 🧹 100% clean PEP8 code, full type hints
• 🔥 Fully covered with real Pytest tests

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Installation

Option 1: Local Project

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/sergey-samoylov/ppmenu.git
cd ppmenu/

Install development dependencies (optional, for testing):

pip install pytest

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Quick Usage Example

Create a quick menu in seconds:

from ppmenu import PPM

def say_hello():
    print("Hello, world!")

menu_structure = {
    '[h] Hello': say_hello,
    '[q] Quit': lambda: exit(0),
}

menu = PPM(menu_structure, title='My Simple Menu')
menu.run()

✅ Arrow keys and Vim-keys move.
✅ Press h to run "Hello".
✅ Press q to quit.

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Development & Testing

Run all tests:

pytest

(Optional: add pytest.ini with [pytest] pythonpath = . for clean imports.)

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome!
Feel free to:

• Open issues
• Suggest improvements
• Submit pull requests

Let's make PPMenu even better together!

📢Please follow the Code Style Guide before submitting pull requests.

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License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3).

See LICENSE file for details.

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Author

Made with ❤️ by Sergey Samoylov