6.12 curses -- Terminal handling for character-cell displays

















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6.12 curses --
Terminal handling for character-cell displays






Changed in version 1.6:
Added support for the ncurses library and
converted to a package.


The curses module provides an interface to the curses
library, the de-facto standard for portable advanced terminal
handling.


While curses is most widely used in the Unix environment, versions
are available for DOS, OS/2, and possibly other systems as well. This
extension module is designed to match the API of ncurses, an
open-source curses library hosted on Linux and the BSD variants of
Unix.



See Also:


Module curses.ascii:
Utilities for working with ASCII
characters, regardless of your locale
settings.


Module curses.textpad:
Editable text widget for curses supporting
Emacs-like bindings.


Module curses.wrapper:
Convenience function to ensure proper
terminal setup and resetting on
application entry and exit.


Curses
Programming with Python
Tutorial material on using curses
with Python, by Andrew Kuchling, is available on the
Python Web site.







Subsections


6.12.1 Functions
6.12.2 Window Objects
6.12.3 Constants








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