🔒 how do I parse inputted text from curses with gather?

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        win = curses.newwin(19, 12, 20, 53)
        box = Textbox(win)

        rectangle(stdscr, 19, 52, 21, 75)

        stdscr.refresh()
        box.edit()
        text = box.gather()
        stdscr.addstr(10, 40, text)
        stdscr.getch()
        message = box.gather()

[lapis igloo]

I don't see any imports etc. Is that complete?

[next lichen]

it's sample code

[lapis igloo]

You need to post working code, whatever its shortcomings.

[next lichen]

import curses
import textwrap
import os
from curses import wrapper
from curses.textpad import Textbox,rectangle
from pathlib import Path
lim=None``` assuming this is the imports

[lapis igloo]

So put it all together in a .py file and run it. Show the complete .py file, and a transcript of the run.

[next lichen]

https://mystb.in/8e2c0005bbb8c638bf

[next lichen]

after pressing control g

[lapis igloo]

If I run the code you just posted:

import curses
import textwrap
import os
from curses import wrapper
from curses.textpad import Textbox,rectangle
from pathlib import Path
lim=None




        win = curses.newwin(19, 12, 20, 53)
        box = Textbox(win)

        rectangle(stdscr, 19, 52, 21, 75)

        stdscr.refresh()
        box.edit()
        text = box.gather()
        stdscr.addstr(10, 40, text)
        stdscr.getch()
        message = box.gather()

I get this:

[~/tmp/python-discord]fleet2*> py3 tofu.py
+ exec /Users/cameron/var/venv/3/bin/python tofu.py
  File "/Users/cameron/tmp/python-discord/tofu.py", line 12
    win = curses.newwin(19, 12, 20, 53)
IndentationError: unexpected indent

That looks nothing like your screenshot.

[bronze vault]

if you have any knowledge in python provide help

it doesn't seem like you do, no disrespect meant

[lapis igloo]

@next lichen cannot be helped if they're not posting the same code which they're running.

[next lichen]

https://mystb.in/547309fdbc2e685a02 @bronze vault

[bronze vault]

import curses
import textwrap
import os
from curses import wrapper
from curses.textpad import Textbox,rectangle
from pathlib import Path

lim=None

win = curses.newwin(19, 12, 20, 53)
box = Textbox(win)
rectangle(stdscr, 19, 52, 21, 75)
stdscr.refresh()
box.edit()
text = box.gather()
stdscr.addstr(10, 40, text)
stdscr.getch()
message = box.gather()

here you go

he provided the full code

import curses
import textwrap
import os
from curses import wrapper
from curses.textpad import Textbox,rectangle
from pathlib import Path
lim=None
def add_str(stdscr,string,y):
        stdscr.addstr(y,(lim[1]-lim[1]//4),string)
        stdscr.refresh()
def add_win(stdscr):
        lim = stdscr.getmaxyx()
        win = curses.newwin(lim[0] - 10, lim[1] - 10, 5, 5)
        win.refresh()
        stdscr.refresh()
def main(stdscr):
        global lim
        lim = stdscr.getmaxyx()
        add_win(stdscr)
        content=[*Path('').glob('*')] #lits the contents of ./test/*
        curses.init_pair(1,curses.COLOR_BLUE,curses.COLOR_YELLOW)
        BLUE_AND_YELLOW=curses.color_pair(1)
        for i,item in enumerate(content):
                add_str(stdscr,str(item),i+1)


        win = curses.newwin(19, 12, 20, 53)
        box = Textbox(win)

        rectangle(stdscr, 19, 52, 21, 75)

        stdscr.refresh()
        box.edit()
        text = box.gather()
        stdscr.addstr(10, 40, text)
        stdscr.getch()
        message = box.gather()


        print(message)


wrapper(main)

[lapis igloo]

Maybe you should look at what they just posted to the pastebin. It does produce the screenshot they showed.

[bronze vault]

@lapis igloo here you go, you posted an indentation error, which isn't what they posted

[lapis igloo]

If I run this gode and type foo then ^G, it does the read of foo and writes it via your addstr() call. Then the next getch() happens just fine. But then it quits immediately.

Possibly you need to make a new textbox. I've not used textbox.

[next lichen]

for reading/parsing the text box?

[lapis igloo]

Well it looks to me like this line:

message = box.gather()

returns immediately. Possibly it just fetches the current context of the text box? print out message, see what's in it.

Maybe you need to call box.edit() again if you expect to enter more text in that text box.

[next lichen]

just one input in this text box

[lapis igloo]

Ok, so you've got the contets in text. What did you want to do with it then?

[next lichen]

parsing it, if I say I want to move to /usr/share from /var/www from input with chdir(path): os.chdir('input') content=[*Path('').glob('*')] #lits the contents of ./test/*

[lapis igloo]

Parsing means examining the text and extracting information from it.

What did you intend to enter into the textbox?

It is meant to be the path in your suggestion?

[next lichen]

example the input would be /var/www

or /usr/share

or a dir

[lapis igloo]

Ok. So why not:

path = box.gather()
os.chdir(path)

[next lichen]

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/ \n'

[lapis igloo]

It looks like your string includes a trailing space and a newline character. Did you type those?

You could go path = box.gather().strip() to trim those.

[next lichen]

that works, but does not refresh content

[lapis igloo]

The content is not magic. You need to reload it and redraw it.

Just as you originally drew it. (I assume you mean the listdir listing on the right?)

[next lichen]

stdscr.refresh()

[next lichen]

yes

[lapis igloo]

That just redraws the terminal display. in case is has been mangled.

It doesn't for example reread the directory list and show a new one.

[lapis igloo]

You should probably run a loop in the main() function. Initially set up the screen. Then a while true loop which:

• update the directory listing on the right
• prompts for a new directory
• chdir the new directory
  then next time round the loop the directory listing just gets redrawn

[next lichen]

ok

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