Question

#!/usr/bin/env python 
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 

import curses 

screen = curses.initscr() 
curses.noecho() 
curses.curs_set(0) 
screen.keypad(1) 
curses.mousemask(1)

screen.addstr("This is a Sample Curses Script\n\n") 

while True: 
   event = screen.getch() 
   if event == ord("q"): break 
   if event == curses.KEY_MOUSE: screen.addstr(curses.getmouse()) 

curses.endwin()

if event == curses.KEY_MOUSE: screen.addstr(curses.getmouse()) I think I should get the text where mouse is clicked or not? All I get is TypeError: str. Why is that? What am I missing? I couldn’t find any good tutorials on this topic. Thanks.

Answer 1

import curses 

screen = curses.initscr() 
#curses.noecho() 
curses.curs_set(0) 
screen.keypad(1) 
curses.mousemask(1)

screen.addstr("This is a Sample Curses Script\n\n") 

while True:
    event = screen.getch() 
    if event == ord("q"): break 
    if event == curses.KEY_MOUSE:
        _, mx, my, _, _ = curses.getmouse()
        y, x = screen.getyx()
        screen.addstr(y, x, screen.instr(my, mx, 5))

curses.endwin()

You should read the docs more carefully, it’s all in there 🙂