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Comments: In-reply-to "Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <PointedEars@web.de> message dated "Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:41:21 +0100."
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In a message of Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:41:21 +0100, "Thomas 'PointedEars' Lah=
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>Why do you have to use msvcrt?
>
>I would use curses for user input, but:
>
>,-<https://docs.python.org/2/howto/curses.html?highlight=3Duser%20input>
>,-<https://docs.python.org/3.2/howto/curses.html?highlight=3Duser%20input=
>
>| =

>| No one has made a Windows port of the curses module. On a Windows =

>| platform, try the Console module written by Fredrik Lundh. The Console =

>| module provides cursor-addressable text output, plus full support for =

>| mouse and keyboard input, and is available from =

>| http://effbot.org/zone/console-index.htm.
>
>So you should try that instead.

If going for curses, I'd try this instead:
http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/

Laura