texteditpad 0.32

Simple textbox editing widget with Emacs-like keybindings

texteditpad

Simple textbox editing widget with Emacs-like keybindings. Provide richer features than curses.textpad routine and intended to replace it.

pypi repository: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/texteditpad

Usage

def test_editbox(stdscr):
    ncols, nlines = 9, 4
    uly, ulx = 15, 20
    stdscr.addstr(uly - 2, ulx, "Use Ctrl-G to end editing.")
    win = curses.newwin(nlines, ncols, uly, ulx)
    stdscr.refresh()

    return texteditpad.Textbox(win).edit()

text = curses.wrapper(test_editbox)
print 'Contents of text box:'
print text

Commands

Editing widget using the interior of a window object. Supports the following Emacs-like key bindings:

Command	Description
Ctrl-A	Go to left edge of window.
Ctrl-B	Cursor left, wrapping to previous line if appropriate.
Ctrl-D	Delete character under cursor.
Ctrl-E	Go to right edge or end of line
Ctrl-F	Cursor right, wrapping to next line when appropriate.
Ctrl-G	Terminate, returning the window contents.
Ctrl-H	Delete character backward.
Ctrl-I	Toggle insert/overwrite modes.
Ctrl-K	If line is blank, delete it, otherwise clear to end of line.
Ctrl-L	Refresh screen.
Ctrl-N	Cursor down; move down one line.
Ctrl-O	Insert a blank line at cursor location.
Ctrl-P	Cursor up; move up one line.