Curses module on windows
 

Where can i find curses module for windows? I have pdcurses library on
windows. But python binary doesnot include curses module.

Thanks,
Abhijit

Re: Curses module on windows
 

Abhijit Soman <ab_som@vsnl.net> wrote in message news:<2j82q8FujmukU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Where can i find curses module for windows? I have pdcurses library on
> windows. But python binary doesnot include curses module.
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijit

I guess you need something like CygWin to get curses running on Windows
(not sure, please correct me if I am wrong).


Michele Simionato

Re: Curses module on windows
 

I found a port of curses module for windows at flangy.com/dev/python/curses/

regards,
Abhijit

Michele Simionato wrote:

> Abhijit Soman <ab_som@vsnl.net> wrote in message news:<2j82q8FujmukU1@uni-berlin.de>...
>
>>Where can i find curses module for windows? I have pdcurses library on
>>windows. But python binary doesnot include curses module.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Abhijit
>
>
> I guess you need something like CygWin to get curses running on Windows
> (not sure, please correct me if I am wrong).
>
>
> Michele Simionato


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Re: Curses module on windows
 

Abhijit Soman <ab_som@vsnl.net> wrote in message news:<2j82q8FujmukU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Where can i find curses module for windows? I have pdcurses library on
> windows. But python binary doesnot include curses module.
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijit

No-one has ported the curses module to windows yet, according to Alex
Martelli (ref. Python In a Nutshell, p. 208). The msvcrt, WConio, and
Console modules substitute some of its functionality. HTH,

--Nick