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-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst7
-rw-r--r--Lib/curses/textpad.py36
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
4 files changed, 35 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index e386b36..83101bd 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -868,16 +868,19 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
.. Revision 57769
-
* A new method in the :mod:`curses` module: for a window, :meth:`chgat` changes
the display characters for a certain number of characters on a single line.
+ (Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.)
::
# Boldface text starting at y=0,x=21
# and affecting the rest of the line.
stdscr.chgat(0,21, curses.A_BOLD)
- (Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.)
+ The :class:`Textbox` class in the :mod:`curses.textpad` module
+ now supports editing in insert mode as well as overwrite mode.
+ Insert mode is enabled by supplying a true value for the *insert_mode*
+ parameter when creating the :class:`Textbox` instance.
* The :mod:`decimal` module was updated to version 1.66 of
`the General Decimal Specification <http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decarith.html>`__. New features
diff --git a/Lib/curses/textpad.py b/Lib/curses/textpad.py
index 120c572..54acc15 100644
--- a/Lib/curses/textpad.py
+++ b/Lib/curses/textpad.py
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ class Textbox:
KEY_LEFT = Ctrl-B, KEY_RIGHT = Ctrl-F, KEY_UP = Ctrl-P, KEY_DOWN = Ctrl-N
KEY_BACKSPACE = Ctrl-h
"""
- def __init__(self, win):
+ def __init__(self, win, insert_mode=False):
self.win = win
+ self.insert_mode = insert_mode
(self.maxy, self.maxx) = win.getmaxyx()
self.maxy = self.maxy - 1
self.maxx = self.maxx - 1
@@ -49,9 +50,10 @@ class Textbox:
win.keypad(1)
def _end_of_line(self, y):
- "Go to the location of the first blank on the given line."
+ """Go to the location of the first blank on the given line,
+ returning the index of the last non-blank character."""
last = self.maxx
- while 1:
+ while True:
if ascii.ascii(self.win.inch(y, last)) != ascii.SP:
last = min(self.maxx, last+1)
break
@@ -60,19 +62,31 @@ class Textbox:
last = last - 1
return last
+ def _insert_printable_char(self, ch):
+ (y, x) = self.win.getyx()
+ if y < self.maxy or x < self.maxx:
+ if self.insert_mode:
+ oldch = self.win.inch()
+ # The try-catch ignores the error we trigger from some curses
+ # versions by trying to write into the lowest-rightmost spot
+ # in the window.
+ try:
+ self.win.addch(ch)
+ except curses.error:
+ pass
+ if self.insert_mode:
+ (backy, backx) = self.win.getyx()
+ if ascii.isprint(oldch):
+ self._insert_printable_char(oldch)
+ self.win.move(backy, backx)
+
def do_command(self, ch):
"Process a single editing command."
(y, x) = self.win.getyx()
self.lastcmd = ch
if ascii.isprint(ch):
if y < self.maxy or x < self.maxx:
- # The try-catch ignores the error we trigger from some curses
- # versions by trying to write into the lowest-rightmost spot
- # in the window.
- try:
- self.win.addch(ch)
- except curses.error:
- pass
+ self._insert_printable_char(ch)
elif ch == ascii.SOH: # ^a
self.win.move(y, 0)
elif ch in (ascii.STX,curses.KEY_LEFT, ascii.BS,curses.KEY_BACKSPACE):
@@ -139,7 +153,7 @@ class Textbox:
if stop == 0 and self.stripspaces:
continue
for x in range(self.maxx+1):
- if self.stripspaces and x == stop:
+ if self.stripspaces and x > stop:
break
result = result + chr(ascii.ascii(self.win.inch(y, x)))
if self.maxy > 0:
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 5c87ed1..36b7d44 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ Bob Watson
Aaron Watters
Henrik Weber
Corran Webster
+Stefan Wehr
Zack Weinberg
Edward Welbourne
Cliff Wells
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e988fc7..fcc56b4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ Library
- #1837: The queue module now also supports a LIFO queue and a priority queue.
+- Patch #1048820: Add insert-mode editing to curses.textpad.Textbox
+ (patch by Stefan Wehr). Also, fix an off-by-one bug in
+ Textbox.gather().
+
- Issue #1831: ctypes now raises a TypeError if conflicting positional
and named arguments are passed to a Structure or Union initializer.
When too many positional arguments are passed, also a TypeError is