def _dbg_instr(self): # messy input string (intended for debugging)
curses.echo()
self.stdscr.nodelay(0)
curses.halfdelay(100)
str = self.stdscr.getstr()
curses.noecho()
return str
def _start(self):
"""
Initialize the screen and input mode.
"""
self.stdscr = curses.initscr()
self.has_color = curses.has_colors()
if self.has_color:
curses.start_color()
if curses_.COLORS < 8:
# not colourful enough
self.has_color = False
if self.has_color:
try:
curses.use_default_colors()
self.has_default_colors=True
except _curses.error:
self.has_default_colors=False
self._setup_colour_pairs()
curses.noecho()
# curses.meta(None, 1)
#todo
curses.meta( None,1)
curses.halfdelay(1) # use set_input_timeouts to adjust
self.stdscr.keypad(True)
if not self._signal_keys_set:
self._old_signal_keys = self.tty_signal_keys()
self.set_mouse_tracking(True)
super(Screen, self)._start()
def _getch(self, wait_tenths):
if wait_tenths==0:
return self._getch_nodelay()
if wait_tenths is None:
curses.cbreak()
else:
curses.halfdelay(wait_tenths)
self.stdscr.nodelay(0)
return self.stdscr.getch()
