learn.js

var blessed = require('blessed');
var screen = blessed.screen();

var box = blessed.box({
    bottom: 0,
    left: 'center',
    height: 3,
    width: '100%',
    tags: true,
});

var bufferBox = blessed.box({
    top: 0,
    width: '100%',
    height: '93%'
});

screen.append(bufferBox);

screen.append(box);
form = blessed.Form({
});
box.append(form);

var buffer = blessed.Textbox({
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    }
});

bufferBox.append(buffer);
var text = blessed.Textbox({
    name: 'input',
    inputOnFocus: true,
    keys: true,
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    }
});

box.append(text);
text.key('enter', function (ch, key) {
    // do work with text.getValue()
    msg = buffer.getValue() +  text.getValue()
    buffer.setValue(msg);
    text.clearValue()
    text.focus()
    screen.render();
});

screen.key(['escape'], function (ch, key) {
    return process.exit(0);
});

text.focus();

screen.render();