On 03/02/17 04:42, boB Stepp wrote: > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:35 PM, eryk sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Try using curses [1]. Christoph Gohlke has a port for Windows Python >> based on the PDCurses library [2]. > > Thanks, Eryk. I did not realize that curses had been ported to > Windows. I thought it was for *nix only.
There have been several attempts at a Python curses for "DOS" over the years but none of them worked completely (except the Cygwin version of course*). I haven't tried the one that Eryk suggests, hopefully somebody finally got it working. Should that fail, or be overly complex, there are several terminal control libraries around, and if all else fails there are the so called "High Level Console Functions" in the Microsoft API: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682010(v=vs.85).aspx These should be accessible using ctypes if you are really stuck... They are not very "high level" though! (*) If you are just doing this for personal use then I strongly suggest installing cygwin and just running Python there. By far the simplest way to get a decent console on Windows and all the other *nix tools as well. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
