"""curses.wrapperContains one function, wrapper(), which runs another function whichshould be the rest of your curses-based application. If theapplication raises an exception, wrapper() will restore the terminalto a sane state so you can read the resulting traceback."""import sys, cursesdef wrapper(func, *args, **kwds): """Wrapper function that initializes curses and calls another function, restoring normal keyboard/screen behavior on error. The callable object 'func' is then passed the main window 'stdscr' as its first argument, followed by any other arguments passed to wrapper(). """ res = None try: # Initialize curses stdscr=curses.initscr() # Turn off echoing of keys, and enter cbreak mode, # where no buffering is performed on keyboard input curses.noecho() curses.cbreak() # In keypad mode, escape sequences for special keys # (like the cursor keys) will be interpreted and # a special value like curses.KEY_LEFT will be returned stdscr.keypad(1) # Start color, too. Harmless if the terminal doesn't have # color; user can test with has_color() later on. The try/catch # works around a minor bit of over-conscientiousness in the curses # module -- the error return from C start_color() is ignorable. try: curses.start_color() except: pass return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) finally: # Set everything back to normal stdscr.keypad(0) curses.echo() curses.nocbreak() curses.endwin()
"""curses.wrapper
Contains one function, wrapper(), which runs another function which
should be the rest of your curses-based application. If the
application raises an exception, wrapper() will restore the terminal
to a sane state so you can read the resulting traceback.
"""
import sys, curses
def wrapper(func, *args, **kwds):
"""Wrapper function that initializes curses and calls another function,
restoring normal keyboard/screen behavior on error.
The callable object 'func' is then passed the main window 'stdscr'
as its first argument, followed by any other arguments passed to
wrapper().
"""
res = None
try:
# Initialize curses
stdscr=curses.initscr()
# Turn off echoing of keys, and enter cbreak mode,
# where no buffering is performed on keyboard input
curses.noecho()
curses.cbreak()
# In keypad mode, escape sequences for special keys
# (like the cursor keys) will be interpreted and
# a special value like curses.KEY_LEFT will be returned
stdscr.keypad(1)
# Start color, too. Harmless if the terminal doesn't have
# color; user can test with has_color() later on. The try/catch
# works around a minor bit of over-conscientiousness in the curses
# module -- the error return from C start_color() is ignorable.
try:
curses.start_color()
except:
pass
return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
finally:
# Set everything back to normal
stdscr.keypad(0)
curses.echo()
curses.nocbreak()
curses.endwin()