[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Feature Requests-700921 ] Wide-character curses

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Feature Requests item #700921, was opened at 2003-03-10 16:45
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Cherniavsky Beni (cben)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Wide-character curses

Initial Comment:
There exists a standard for wide-character curses
(http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/cursesix.html)
and at least ncurses implements it (almost completely;
you need to enable this when configuring it).  It is
essensial for getting the maximum of modern UTF-8
terminals (e.g. xterm).
It would make sense for python's curses module to
support all the wide functions on systems where the
wide curses interface is present, especially since
Python already supports unicode.


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>Comment By: Michael Hudson (mwh)
Date: 2003-03-10 17:48

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What steps need to be taken to acheive this?  Would you be
interested in working up a patch?

I do most of my terminal hacking below the level of curses
these days...

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