14.7 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:
- Utilities for working with ASCII characters, regardless of your locale settings.
- A panel stack extension that adds depth to curses windows.
- Editable text widget for curses supporting Emacs-like bindings.
- Convenience function to ensure proper terminal setup and resetting on application entry and exit.
- Tutorial material on using curses with Python, by Andrew Kuchling and Eric Raymond, is available on the Python Web site.
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Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.