Dead link 'consolelib' in faq/library

[JMcB17]

BPO	45844
Nosy	@merwok, @JMcB17

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[JMcB17]

At https://docs.python.org/3/faq/library.html#is-there-a-curses-termcap-package-for-python it says:
For Windows: use the consolelib module.
And links to:
http://effbot.org/zone/console-index.htm
This link is dead. Also, a quick google search for consolelib doesn't yield any good results, and I've never heard of it myself.

[merwok]

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20191202041245/http://effbot.org/zone/console-index.htm

The whole FAQ entry should be reviewed for relevance.
Is it true that curses is not built by default?
Should third-party curses modules be recommended?
How do people develop text user interfaces on windows these days?

[JMcB17]

The command line libraries I'm aware of that support windows are Blessed (curses-based), Rich, Asciimatics, and python-prompt-toolkit.
From here: https://www.pythondiscord.com/events/code-jams/8/frameworks/

[slateny]

The link seems to be removed by #26308

[dgw]

The link seems to be removed by #26308

Indeed, I'm not sure why this issue is still open now. The only search results in current (Python 3.13) docs for effbot are Wayback Machine links in old Python 2.x What's New sections.