Improve user interaction within console

[vipetrul]

Suggestion by @christianrondeau :

Show all entries at once

• y enables it and moves to the next
• n disables it and moves to the next
• j and k move down and up in the list
• Y accepts all
• N refuses all
• q quits

Enter sends entries (probably with a confirmation)
That would be something using e.g. ncurses (https://github.com/sushihangover/CursesSharp).

But that's way out of this issue :) My point being that "y" and "enter" makes twice the keypresses...

The "negative" impact of pressing "y" is pretty minimal, so as long as it's clear, I think it's okay.

[vipetrul]

Are there any other patterns how user interaction is handled in console apps? Just trying to generate more ideas :)

[christianrondeau]

Well @dstj might have more feedback, he's the one who actually uses this the most. I personally am a big fan of VIM, but in the end the sole goal is to look at the work logs and synchronize them.

Another thing I wanted (but won't) do, was being able to run the tool is "display only" and "auto-accept". As an example:

jira-toggl-sync --print
jira-toggl-sync -y

That's another feature, but would be an alternative for Y and N.

[vipetrul]

@christianrondeau , could you expand on your proposal? Currently if config values are established, user doesn't have to provide any additional input to run the application.
@dstj , do you have any thoughts?