py-curses-editor 1.3.2

Description:

pycurseseditor 1.3.2

py_curses_editor
Python curses text editor module. Provides a configurable pop-up window for
entering text, passwords, etc.
Other Contributors:

Yuri D'Elia [email protected] (Unicode/python2 code from tabview)

Features

Unicode support
Configurable window size and location
Text box can have a title and/or an outlined box
Text box can be initialized with existing text to edit
Password mode for hiding text entries
Paste in large blocks of text from primary clipboard
Pop-up help menu

Requires
Python 3+
Installation

# pip install py_curses_editor OR
$ pip install --user py_curses_editor OR
$ pip install --user -e . (install from local git clone for development)

License

MIT

Usage
From non-curses application:
import editor.editor as e
e.editor(box=False, inittext="Hi", win_location=(5, 5))

From curses application with a predefined curses window object (stdscr):
from editor.editor import Editor
Editor(stdscr, win_size=(1,80), pw_mod=True, max_text_size=1)()

Keybindings



Key
Action




F1
Show popup help menu


F2 or Ctrl-x
Save and Quit


Enter
Enter new line, or Save and Quit in single line mode


F3, Ctrl-c or ESC
Cancel (no save)


Cursor keys
Movement


Ctrl-n/p Ctrl-f/b
Up/down right/left


Home/End Ctrl-a/e
Beginning or End of current line


PageUp/PageDown
PageUp/PageDown


Delete/Ctrl-d
Delete character under cursor


Backspace/Ctrl-h
Delete character to left


Ctrl-k/u
Delete to end/beginning of-line


Ctrl-v
Paste a block of text from primary clipboard (requires xclip or xsel)



Notes
Using shift-insert to paste text will be quite slow, as it's pasting one
character at a time. Use Ctrl-v to paste a large block of text from the primary
clipboard.
Double-width characters are not yet supported.