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[simonw]

This is really fun. I have an experimental branch of my sqlite-utils CLI tool (which has dozens of sub-commands) running with this now and it really did only take 6 lines of code - I'm treating Trogon as an optional dependency because people using my package as a Python library rather than a CLI tool may not want the extra installed components:

https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/commit/ec12b780d5dcd6...

There's an animated GIF demo of the result here: https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/545#issuecomme...

[simonw → simonw]

I've now released this as `sqlite-utils` 3.32: https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v...

To install:

    pipx install sqlite-utils

Then add the trogon dependency - this command ensures it gets added to the correct virtual environment:

    sqlite-utils install trogon

Then run this:

    sqlite-utils tui

Screenshot in the docs: https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/stable/cli.html#cli-tui

[hprotagonist → simonw]

why not

  pipx inject sqlite-utils trogon 

or really,

  pipx install 'sqlite-utils[tui]'

i believe you can expose sub-commands only if an extra is installed; i know this is true for separate entry points.

[hprotagonist → simonw]

man i’m installing that this instant …