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566.15 <tt class="module">curses</tt> --
57 Terminal handling for character-cell displays</A>
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65<span class="versionnote">Changed in version 1.6:
66Added support for the <code>ncurses</code> library and
67 converted to a package.</span>
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70The <tt class="module">curses</tt> module provides an interface to the curses
71library, the de-facto standard for portable advanced terminal
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75While curses is most widely used in the <span class="Unix">Unix</span> environment, versions
76are available for DOS, OS/2, and possibly other systems as well. This
77extension module is designed to match the API of ncurses, an
78open-source curses library hosted on Linux and the BSD variants of
79<span class="Unix">Unix</span>.
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86 <dt>Module <b><tt class="module"><a href="module-curses.ascii.html">curses.ascii</a></tt>:</b>
87 <dd>Utilities for working with ASCII
88 characters, regardless of your locale
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93 <dd>A panel stack extension that adds depth to
94 curses windows.
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98 <dd>Editable text widget for curses supporting
99 <b class="program">Emacs</b>-like bindings.
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103 <dd>Convenience function to ensure proper
104 terminal setup and resetting on
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108 <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/howto/curses/curses.html"
109 >Curses
110 Programming with Python</a></em></dt>
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