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Proposal: Factor out the immidiate mode TUI framework

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Description

a) Thanks for releasing this!

b) While rust has a very nice retained mode TUI framework called raratui and an amazing immidiate mode GUI framework with egui, a popular and maintained immidiate mode framework is still missing for TUIs, and you essentially have this here.

So: Why not factoring this out into it's own crate and let people inside and outside Microsoft go to town with it?
I think it would be a waste to just have this for one single application.

Just my 2 cents.

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing immediate-mode TUI implementation in this repository and mapping its application-specific dependencies. Define a crate boundary that could serve users outside this application; the issue names no files, tests, or concrete acceptance criteria.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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