Hi,
I'm trying to print out text in color. As far as I know, curses is the
only way to do that (or not?). So, what I ultimately want is a curses
terminal that behaves as closely as possible as a normal terminal, i.e.
it breaks lines and scrolls automatically, so that I can implement a
function myprint(color, text) that does what print() does, only in color.
So, my first tests brought up some problems:
#!/usr/bin/python
from time import sleep
import curses
import sys
stdscr = curses.initscr()
stdscr.addstr("Initialized\n")
stdscr.refresh()
(maxlines, maxcolumns) = stdscr.getmaxyx()
try:
for counter in xrange(24):
stdscr.addstr("Hello world %s\n" % counter)
stdscr.refresh()
if counter >= maxlines:
stdscr.scroll()
stdscr.refresh()
except Exception, data:
sys.stderr.write("Exception: \n");
sys.stderr.write(str(data));
finally:
sleep(5)
curses.endwin()
Instead of scrolling, the program throws an exception. Any hints?
Also, is there a way leave the curses output on the screen after
curses.endwin(), instead of returning to the normal terminal without a
trace of curses.
Thanks,
Michael
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