pager 1.2

Demo

# this runs manual tests that are also a showcase of
# module capabilities

python -m pager

Status

1.2 (stable)

• add names for ENTER LEFT UP RIGHT DOWN ESC keys

• manual tests for getch() (fixes bug #4)

• dumpkey() helper function to get hex dump of a value returned by getch()

1.1 (stable)

• Python 3 compatibility

• echo() helper function for unbuffered output (in Py3 output doesn’t appear immediately on screen unless it ends with newline)

1.0 (stable)

• getch() now returns list of chars for special keys (fixes bug #1 when special key skipped several pages)

• page() callbacks receive obligatory pagenumber param

• default page() callback now shows page number

0.2 (stable)

• do not insert blank line between pages

0.1 (stable)

• shows content page by page

• allows to get console/terminal dimensions

• works on Windows

• works on Linux

API

..function:: getwidth()

Return width of available window in characters. If detection fails, return value of standard width 80. Coordinate of the last character on a line is -1 from returned value.

..function:: getheight()

Return available window height in characters or 25 if detection fails. Coordinate of the last line is -1 from returned value.

..function:: getch()

Wait for keypress and return character or a list of characters. Arrows and special keys generate a sequence of characters, so if there are extra symbols in input buffer, this function returns list.

..function:: page(content, [pagecallback=prompt])

Output content iterable, calling pagecallback function after each page with page number as a parameter. Default prompt() callback shows page number with ‘Press any key … ‘ prompt and waits for keypress.

..function:: echo(msg)

Print msg to the screen without linefeed and flush the output.

..function:: dumpkey(key)

Return hexadecimal representation of a key value returned by getch().

References

Excellent tutorials for Win32 Console by Adrian Worley http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html Console Reference on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682087%28VS.85%29.aspx

Public Domain Curses library maintained by William McBrine http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/

Ioctl (input/output control) introduction from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioctl Linux Programmer’s Manual - ioctls for terminals and serial lines http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man4/tty_ioctl.4.html