[Bug 389148] python-curses: new windows aren't displayed if stdscr.getch() is called right after their creation

If the window is not a pad, and it has been moved or modified since the last call to wrefresh, wrefresh will be called before another character is read. (this is not mentioned in python curses manual, but in the manual of ncurses

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389148 User jmatejek@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389148#c3 Jan Matejek changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #3 from Jan Matejek 2008-05-21 09:43:02 MST --- This is correct behavior. What happens is that your windows -are- put on screen immediately, but removed right afterwards by refreshing stdscr. stdscr is a window that covers the whole terminal. You place a window above it, thus invalidate window's content. Citing from curses' getch() manual: library itself, which describes all of the functions in more detail) therefore, your code is equivalent to:

1- creates a new window using curses.newwin() 2- inserts a string into it using curses.addstr() 3- refreshes the window

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3.5 - refreshes stdscr, covering the new window 4- calls the getch() method.

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