Exploring terminfo

[Alan Gauld]

On 14/01/2021 16:12, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote:

> #################
> import curses as cur
> cur.setupterm()
> 
> bold = cur.tigetstr('bold')
> cls = cur.tigetstr('clear')
> 
> cur.putp(cls)
> name = input("Hello, what's your name? ")
> 
> cur.putp(bold)
> print("Nice to meet you ", name)
> 
> input("\nHit enter to exit")
> ###############
> 
> I've tried variations on flush both inside and outside
> the print() - both before and after.
> I've tried writing to stdout instead of print, but nothing is working.
> The "Hit enter..." message is in bold but the "Nice..." line isn't.

A bit more exploration and I've got a C version of the same program
to work (I'll spare you the #includes!):

int main(void){
    char line[20];
    int err = 0;
    char *clr;
    char *bold;

    setupterm("xterm",1, &err);
    clr = tigetstr("clear");
    bold = tigetstr("bold");

    putp(clr);
    putp(bold);
    printf("Enter a name: ");
    fgets(line, sizeof(line),stdin);

    printf("Hello %s\n", line);
    exit(0);
}

So the native C functions work as expected.
Why does the Python wrapper not?

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