On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:43:09 -0700, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've said it before and I'll say it again. Why does Python have no > platform neutral commands for simple screen manipulation? yabasic (a > 'hobby' type language - http://www.yabasic.de/) has commands clear > screen, inkey$ and putscreen$ which perform the basic functions of > clearing the screen, reading a key press and printing a string at an > arbitrary xy position in either Windows or Linux, leaving all the > messy implementation away from the user.
Curses is much more than that, though. One cool feature is its redraw optimizations -- do a lot of changes, and call a "commit"-type method, and curses chooses the most optimal (for your terminal) way of changing the display according to your wishes. > For me, introducing similar > commands in Python would be by far the biggest single improvement that > could be made to the language. If it should be done, it should be done as a compatible subset of curses, IMHO. It has such a long history as the standard "GUI toolkit" for text terminals. try: import curses except ImportError: import inferior_curses as curses /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.dyndns.org> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
