Replacing curses (Was: Re: Problem with curses and UTF-8)

[Ian Ward]

Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
>> I've looked at newt and snack, but all I really need is:
>> - a way to position the cursor at (0,0)
>> - a way to hide and show the cursor
>> - a way to detect when the terminal is resized
>> - a way to query the terminal size
> 
> You might be interested in Twisted Conch's insults package.  I haven't 
> followed this thread closely, so I'm not sure if it covers all your 
> requirements, but it can do all of the above.

Thanks for the pointer!  twisted.conch.insult definitely has some of 
what I need.  The code for handling window resizing isn't jumping out at 
me but I'll keep looking.

Ian Ward