Hi Erik,

I'm interested in pmacs, but got a 404 on [1].

George

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 11:08 -0400, Erik Osheim wrote:
> Hey Ian,
> 
> So, I have been developing an emacs-like, curses-based editor in python
> (Pmacs[1]) for a couple of years now (which I do all my work in at this
> point). After much reflection, I realized that I should actually try to
> support Unicode so that non-English speakers would have the option to
> use it. This may have been a mistake.
> 
> I've seen some emails you sent around 2006 detailing problems you found
> with Python's curses bindings. I'm running into some of those same
> problems now. However, based on the version of Urwid I have installed
> (0.9.7.1) it seems like you have it figured out... my test[2] shows
> both the "print" and the "urwid" case working, whereas the "curses"
> case falls down.
> 
> I read Urwid's curses_display module, but I didn't see anything
> substantially different in your use of curses from mine. Do you have
> any advice (other than giving up on curses and using Uriwd[3])? I
> noticed you still have disclaimers about UTF-8 on your main page--what
> is the state of the curses module in your opinion?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Erik
> 
> [1] http://www.bearhome.net/pmacs
> 
> [2] Attached script, run under python 2.4.4 and 2.6a2 on xterm (with
> UTF8 enabled). curses module linked to ncursesw (for what it's worth).
> LANG=en_US.utf8, TERM=xterm.
> 
> [3] After seeing Urwid I feel dumb for having implemented my own
> routines for syntax highlighting, search-as-you-type, drawing,
> split-window, etc. That said, I also fear reimplementing them *in*
> Urwid.
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