Python Curses Handling Window (Terminal) Resize
Terminal resize event will result in the curses.KEY_RESIZE key code. Therefore you can handle terminal resize as part of a standard main loop in a curses program, waiting for input with getch.
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How to use terminal color palette with curses
The following I figured out by experiment on my own pc (Ubuntu 14.04, python 3). There are 256 colors (defined by the first 8 bits). The other bits are used for additional attributes, such as highlighting. Passing the number -1 as color falls back to the default background and foreground colors. The color pair 0 … Read more
ImportError: No module named ‘_curses’ when trying to import blessings
Meanwhile – Python 2.7.15 on Windows 10 – curses support can be added by: pip install windows-curses
What is needed for curses in Python 3.4 on Windows7?
You can use curses cross-platform (Windows, MacOS, GNU/Linux) if you install manually for Windows or like other package in others. Install wheel package. If you need more info about wheel click here. Go to this repository. Download a package with your python version, in example for python 3.4: curses-2.2-cp34-none-win_amd64.whl Install it (this command if for … Read more
Setupterm could not find terminal, in Python program using curses
You must set enviroment variables TERM and TERMINFO, like this: export TERM=linux export TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo And, if you device have no this dir (/etc/terminfo), make it, and copy terminfo database. For “linux”, and “pcansi” terminals you can download database: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2134052&d=1374459598 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552287&page=4
Curses alternative for windows [closed]
I’m happy to report that there’s now a Windows build of Curses available as an extension for Python on Windows, from here. (I didn’t write it, and I don’t know who maintains it.) You can run the installer, and import curses to get curses running. (Verified on 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows 8.) @ArtOfWarfare points … Read more
How do I use (n)curses in Ruby?
You might be able to get some implementation ideas from the Ruby/ProgressBar library, which generates text progress bars. I stumbled across it a couple of months back but haven’t made any use of it.
Canonical vs. non-canonical terminal input
For canonical input — think shell; actually, think good old-fashioned Bourne shell, since Bash and relatives have command-line editing. You type a line of input; if you make a mistake, you use the erase character (default is Backspace, usually; sometimes Delete) to erase the previous character. If you mess up completely, you can cancel the … Read more