> > Curses comes as standard on linux... > > > > More seriously, I seem to recall that on the contrary, the > Windows Python distribution does not include the curses module
That's correct. > have to use msvcrt[?] instead). I wonder why, because I'm pretty sure > I saw (C) curses-based applications running on Windows (NetHack is > one, AFAIK). There is a DOS implementation but a) it is not complete and b) it doesn't always work well. But the problem for Python is that until someone builds a reliable and complete C version for windoze the Python wrapper won't work... I suspect part of the problem is that the DOS terminal, even with ANSI mode switched on, which is not common nowadays, is still pretty limited compared to a VT100/200 terminal in terms of cursor control. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor