[Python-Dev] test_curses

[Michael Hudson]

Georg Brandl <g.brandl-nospam at gmx.net> writes:

>> Well, this still has the faint whiff of impossibility about it.  Are
>> you sure it's setupterm() that's doing the damage?  Can you reproduce
>> interactively?
>
> Yep.
> Alone, the setupterm call [curses.setupterm(sys.__stdout__.fileno())] does
> nothing remarkable, but when it is done inside of curses.initscr() / curses.endwin()
> the terminal is not restored properly.

Ah!  That does indeed make some small amount of sense.

> If setupterm() is to be tested, I think it should be executed before initscr().

Sounds good.  What are you waiting for? :)

Cheers,
mwh

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