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"""curses The main package for curses support for Python. Normally used by importing the package, and perhaps a particular module inside it. import curses from curses import textpad curses.initwin() ... """ __revision__ = "$Id: __init__.py 36560 2004-07-18 06:16:08Z tim_one $" from _curses import * from curses.wrapper import wrapper # Some constants, most notably the ACS_* ones, are only added to the C # _curses module's dictionary after initscr() is called. (Some # versions of SGI's curses don't define values for those constants # until initscr() has been called.) This wrapper function calls the # underlying C initscr(), and then copies the constants from the # _curses module to the curses package's dictionary. Don't do 'from # curses import *' if you'll be needing the ACS_* constants. def initscr(): import _curses, curses stdscr = _curses.initscr() for key, value in _curses.__dict__.items(): if key[0:4] == 'ACS_' or key in ('LINES', 'COLS'): setattr(curses, key, value) return stdscr # This is a similar wrapper for start_color(), which adds the COLORS and # COLOR_PAIRS variables which are only available after start_color() is # called. def start_color(): import _curses, curses retval = _curses.start_color() if hasattr(_curses, 'COLORS'): curses.COLORS = _curses.COLORS if hasattr(_curses, 'COLOR_PAIRS'): curses.COLOR_PAIRS = _curses.COLOR_PAIRS return retval # Import Python has_key() implementation if _curses doesn't contain has_key() try: has_key except NameError: from has_key import has_key