curses: x, y positioning

[Tim Roberts]

7stud <bbxx789_05ss at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I can't see to get any y, x coordinates to work with curses.  Here is
>an example:
>
>import curses
>
>def my_program(screen):
>    while True:
>        ch = screen.getch()
>        if ch == ord("q"):
>            break
>        if ch <= 255:
>            screen.addstr(30, 10, "*%s*" % chr(ch))
>            screen.refresh()
>
>curses.wrapper(my_program)

Don't you want mvaddstr?  (And remember that y comes first.)
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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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