ImportError: No module named _curses ?

[Kevin Altis]

The curses module is not available on Windows, as you found out when you
tried to import it. The documentation should probably make that point.

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-curses.html

ka

"Ingo Linkweiler" <i.linkweiler at web.de> wrote in message

Hi,
can you explain this import error?
PythonWin 2.2.2 (#37, Oct 14 2002, 17:02:34) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on

win32.

import curses

File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Python22\lib\curses\__init__.py", line 15, in ?
from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named _curses
I am using Python with PythonWin (also tested all 2.2.* versions and
Active Python on different machines with Win2K)
I thought curses is included in the python distributions. What is missing?
I only need some simple, but OS-independend functions like this
c = readkey()
clearscreen()
Do you know any other module I can use?
Ingo

[Michael Hudson]

Post by Kevin Altis
The curses module is not available on Windows, as you found out when you
tried to import it. The documentation should probably make that point.
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-curses.html

the documentation says, it is available for DOS.
I thought, a DOS-Box in Windows is compatible to MS-DOS.

Reasonably, but wrongly, I think.

Do you know any alternatives for my purpose?
I only need some simple, but OS-independend functions like this
c = readkey()
clearscreen()
setcursorat(x,y)

I think, maybe, the msvcrt module might do that. Vague enough? Or
there's /F's console library.

The OS-independent part I think you will have to do yourself.

Cheers,
M.

[Ingo Linkweiler]

Hi,

can you explain this import error?

PythonWin 2.2.2 (#37, Oct 14 2002, 17:02:34) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32.

import curses

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Python22\lib\curses\__init__.py", line 15, in ?
from _curses import *
ImportError: No module named _curses



I am using Python with PythonWin (also tested all 2.2.* versions and
Active Python on different machines with Win2K)
I thought curses is included in the python distributions. What is missing?

I only need some simple, but OS-independend functions like this
c = readkey()
clearscreen()
Do you know any other module I can use?

Ingo

[Ingo Linkweiler]

Post by Kevin Altis
The curses module is not available on Windows, as you found out when you
tried to import it. The documentation should probably make that point.
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-curses.html

the documentation says, it is available for DOS.
I thought, a DOS-Box in Windows is compatible to MS-DOS.

Do you know any alternatives for my purpose?
I only need some simple, but OS-independend functions like this
c = readkey()
clearscreen()
setcursorat(x,y)

Ingo