The curses Module

(Unix only, Optional) The curses module gives you better control of the text terminal window, in a terminal-independent way. Example 12-7 shows its use.

Example 12-7. Using the curses Module

File: curses-example-1.py import curses text = [ "a very simple curses demo", "", "(press any key to exit)" ] # connect to the screen screen = curses.initscr() # setup keyboard curses.noecho() # no keyboard echo curses.cbreak() # don't wait for newline # screen size rows, columns = screen.getmaxyx() # draw a border around the screen screen.border() # display centered text y = (rows - len(text)) / 2 for line in text: screen.addstr(y, (columns-len(line))/2, line) y = y + 1 screen.getch() curses.endwin()