While that code specifically works, the following code doesn't work. After manually recompiling Python 2.4.4 against ncurses, it works as expected (actually, *better* than expected - the Python I compiled does a better job of cleaning up after itself, whereas the default Python curses module leaves some garbage and random gray on the screen after exiting).
Using a module whose functionality is partially broken seems like a bad idea to me, so our preference would be to avoid using the Python modules as currently delivered. import curses screen = curses.initscr() curses.noecho() curses.start_color() curses.init_pair(1,curses.COLOR_RED, curses.COLOR_WHITE) screen.clear() screen.border(0) screen.addstr(4, 4, "Line 4", curses.color_pair(1)) screen.addstr(5, 4, "Line 5") screen.getch() curses.echo() curses.endwin() Danek Duvall wrote: > Susan Sohn wrote: > > >> The TI team was asked to go off and more fully investigate using Python vs. C >> as an implementation language for the text installer. We have done so and our >> results are at: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/TextInstallerProject/Text_Install_Prog_Language/ >> > > I don't understand not being able to do color in Python without ncurses? > > from curses import setupterm, tparm, tigetstr > from curses import COLOR_RED, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_BLUE > > setupterm() > > print "in %(red)sred%(normal)s, %(green)sgreen%(normal)s, and " \ > "%(blue)sblue%(normal)s." % { > "red": tparm(tigetstr('setaf'), COLOR_RED), > "green": tparm(tigetstr('setaf'), COLOR_GREEN), > "blue": tparm(tigetstr('setaf'), COLOR_BLUE), > "normal": tigetstr('op') > } > > Danek > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
