Python Curses

Reference

• Curses library references: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-curses.html
• A curses tutorial: http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/curses/curses.html
• Another good example: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-python6.html

Example

#!/usr/bin/python
import curses

def main(screen):
    screen.addstr("Hi there!\n")
    screen.addstr("Press Q to quit: ")
    while 1:
        c = screen.getch()
        if c == ord('q'): break
    curses.endwin()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    curses.wrapper(main)