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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,v 1.4 2001/04/05 16:08:41 akuchling Exp $"
-
- 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
-
-