#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Show off how to read string from keyboard when in curses. """ import curses def main(scr): """ Enter a string, while echoing to the window. Press enter and the string is echoed to the screen. Press a character to exit the program while the string being returned and printed by the caller. """ # Clear the screen of any output scr.clear() # Draw a border scr.border() # Move cursor to center scr.move(1, 1) # Refresh to draw out scr.refresh() # Get a string from the user curses.echo() msg = scr.getstr() scr.move(2, 2) scr.addstr(msg) scr.refresh() # Wait for user input. scr.getch() return msg if __name__ == "__main__": print(__doc__) print(main.__doc__) input("Press enter to begin playing...") res = curses.wrapper(main) print(res)