What is the easiest way to show a command line app in an appletviewer

Question

I'd like to convert a command line interface application to a small applet, for use in an appletviewer. What is the easiest way to implement this.

Answer 1

I made something like what you are describing for a text adventure engine. It uses a big text area for output and a small text field for input.
Here's the code
public class myApplet extends java.applet.Applet
     implements Runnable
     TextArea output ;
     TextField input ;
public void init()
          width = this.size().width ;
          height = this.size().height ;
     public void run()
          makeComponents() ;
          while( true ) // loop on + on + on
          try { Thread.sleep( 10 ) ; }
                    catch (InterruptedException e) {}
public void makeComponents()
          input = new TextField() ;
          input.setSize( Math.min( 200, width - 5 ), 25 ) ;
          input.setLocation( 5, height - 30 ) ;
          add( input ) ;
          input.addActionListener( new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
                    String temp = input.getText() ; // do something with this
          output = new TextArea( "", 0, 0, TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY) ;
          output.setSize( width - 10, height - 40 ) ;
          output.setLocation( 5, 5 ) ;
          add( output ) ;