saving curses screen state (putwin() and getwin() again)

[Douglas Soares de Andrade]

Can you release a source code for this program ? Im wanting to use curses and 
python, but havent found any doc.

Thanks !


Em Qua 10 Nov 2004 04:48, Matt Garman escreveu:
> I'm working on a curses-based application in Python.  I've
> implemented what I call a "Chooser" (a fancy name for a menu):
>
>         ---> 1. Choice 1 <---
>              2. Choice 2
>              3. Choice 3
>
> So the user can use the arrow keys to change choices.  When he hits
> enter, the screen is re-drawn with a new interface.  When that
> interface is quit, the screen should return to the Chooser, exactly
> as it was left.
>
> So my strategy is to call putwin() before going to the new
> interface, and call getwin() after returning from the previous
> interface.
>
> This works as described the *first* time, but subsequent calls to
> getwin() return the window that was saved with the first call to
> putwin().  I.e., it's as though only the first call to putwin() has
> any effect.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
>
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