Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:
"A.M. Kuchling" <amk@amk.ca> writes:
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 12:40:23PM +0100, Michael Hudson wrote:
ONE of these days, I'll get around to doing something about test_curses... the test is being silly (or at least, that's what I remember from the last time I dug into this).
What's test_curses doing wrong?
I think the problem is that it sometimes calls "curses.curs_set(1)" which doesn't work
Argh; it *always* calls curses.curs_set(1) which *sometimes* doesn't work...
(returns ERR) when certain definitions (cuvis, I guess) aren't in the terminfo database, which gets translated into a Python exception.
-- About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- E.W.Dijkstra, 18th June 1975. Perl did not exist at the time.