Example
import curses
import traceback
try:
# -- Initialize --
stdscr = curses.initscr() # initialize curses screen
curses.noecho() # turn off auto echoing of keypress on to screen
curses.cbreak() # enter break mode where pressing Enter key
# after keystroke is not required for it to register
stdscr.keypad(1) # enable special Key values such as curses.KEY_LEFT etc
# -- Perform an action with Screen --
stdscr.border(0)
stdscr.addstr(5, 5, 'Hello from Curses!', curses.A_BOLD)
stdscr.addstr(6, 5, 'Press q to close this screen', curses.A_NORMAL)
while True:
# stay in this loop till the user presses 'q'
ch = stdscr.getch()
if ch == ord('q'):
break
# -- End of user code --
except:
traceback.print_exc() # print trace back log of the error
finally:
# --- Cleanup on exit ---
stdscr.keypad(0)
curses.echo()
curses.nocbreak()
curses.endwin()