Curses is a pun on the term "cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100).
On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 17:13 -0500, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Not sure what curses means but that module only works on Unix. It does > do what you want though. > > On 10/12/09, Katt <the_only_kat...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > In my search for ways to change the color of text printed to the screen I > > came across discussions about curses. > > > > Some documentation indicate it as a module that will translate commands to > > control screen output. Is this right? Also, why do they call it curses? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Katt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
