[Tutor] curses.textpad.Textbox.gather()

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/11/2021 03:40, Alex Kleider wrote:
> """
> I expect this will be of interest only to those using the curses
> module.
> 
> I found that the Textbox.gather method seems incapable of returning
> a string without a trailing space. 

So it seems although I'd not noticed until,your post...

> but I'm wondering if there's a better way. Specifically to provide the
> user with the option of having or not having a trailing space.

As you say its easy to remove the spaces with rstrip()
And its equally easy to add a space if needed.
So you could write a wrapper that took a space parameter and
added/removed spaces as needed.

>     # create the text box with border around the outside
>     tb_border = cur.newwin(3,52,y+1,x)
>     tb_border.box()
>     tb_border.refresh()
>     tb_body = cur.newwin(1,50,y+2,x+1)
>     tb = Textbox(tb_body)
>     for ch in text:  # insert starting text
>         tb.do_command(ch)
>     tb.edit()  # start the editor running, Ctrl-G ends
>     s2 = tb.gather()  # fetch the contents

Hmm, this all feels oddly familiar.... :-)


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