add tui module and example, add contex manager cd and the method run_file in helper

import vendor modules only once during import change text color for the method cad_wireframe in geometry_plot_pylab and add hide key
2020-01-13 10:25:33 +01:00
parent 4fc4903dc2
commit 033cb92dc4
28 changed files with 1848 additions and 165 deletions
--- a/docs/build/html/_modules/index.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/_modules/index.html
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 <li><a href="pylib/numerical/ode.html">pylib.numerical.ode</a></li>
 <li><a href="pylib/numerical/ode_model.html">pylib.numerical.ode_model</a></li>
 <li><a href="pylib/time_of_day.html">pylib.time_of_day</a></li>
+<li><a href="pylib/tui.html">pylib.tui</a></li>
 </ul>

          </div>
--- a/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/geometry_plot_pylab.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/geometry_plot_pylab.html
@@ -180,7 +180,37 @@

  <span class="n">plot_post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ax</span><span class="p">)</span>

-  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">press</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">lps</span><span class="p">):</span>
+  <span class="c1">#  &#39;rotate: ←left, right, up, down, ctrl+left, ctrl+right\n&#39; +</span>
+  <span class="c1">#  &#39;pan:    shift+left, shift+right, shift+up, shift+down\n&#39; +</span>
+  <span class="c1">#  &#39;zoom:   ctrl+up, ctrl+down\n&#39; +</span>
+  <span class="c1">#  &#39;view:   f (front), l (left), r (right), t (top), b (bottom)\n&#39; +</span>
+  <span class="c1">#  &#39;        i (isometric), d (dimetric)&#39;,</span>
+  <span class="n">h_open</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">pylab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span>
+    <span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">+.</span><span class="mi">01</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">-.</span><span class="mi">015</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="s1">&#39;rotate: [←], [→], [↑], [↓], [Ctrl][←], [Ctrl][→]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+    <span class="s1">&#39;pan:    [Shift][←], [Shift][→], [Shift][↑], [Shift][↓]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+    <span class="s1">&#39;zoom:   [Ctrl][↑], [Ctrl][↓]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+    <span class="s1">&#39;view:   [f]ront, [l]eft, [r]ight, [t]op, [b]ottom</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+    <span class="s1">&#39;        [i]sometric, [d]imetric&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">color</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;#2280c0&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;left&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;top&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transFigure</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">bbox</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">facecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;black&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">edgecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;#196090&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">alpha</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">),</span>
+    <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;monospace&#39;</span>
+    <span class="p">)</span>
+  <span class="n">h_close</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">pylab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span>
+    <span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">+.</span><span class="mi">01</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">-.</span><span class="mi">015</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;[h]elp&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">color</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;#2280c0&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;left&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;top&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transFigure</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">bbox</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">facecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;black&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">edgecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;#196090&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">alpha</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">),</span>
+    <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;monospace&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">visible</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span>
+    <span class="p">)</span>
+
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">press</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">lps</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">h_open</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">h_close</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="c1">#print(&#39;key pressed:&#39;, event.key)</span>
    <span class="c1">#sys.stdout.flush()</span>
    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">event</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">key</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="p">[</span>
@@ -250,6 +280,10 @@
        <span class="n">world</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">scale</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.9</span><span class="p">)</span>
      <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">j</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">zip</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">lps</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">wireframes_xy</span><span class="p">()):</span>
        <span class="n">i</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">j</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">event</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">key</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">&#39;h&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="n">visible</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">h_open</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_visible</span><span class="p">()</span>
+      <span class="n">h_open</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_visible</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">visible</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="n">h_close</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_visible</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">visible</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">canvas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">draw</span><span class="p">()</span>

  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">onresize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">w</span><span class="p">):</span>
@@ -258,28 +292,10 @@
    <span class="n">pylab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ylim</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">r</span><span class="p">))</span>

  <span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">canvas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mpl_connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;key_press_event&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
-                         <span class="k">lambda</span> <span class="n">event</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">press</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">lps</span><span class="p">))</span>
+                         <span class="k">lambda</span> <span class="n">event</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">press</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">lps</span><span class="p">,</span>
+                                             <span class="n">h_open</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">h_close</span><span class="p">))</span>
  <span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">canvas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mpl_connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;resize_event&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
                         <span class="k">lambda</span> <span class="n">event</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">onresize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">))</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">#  &#39;rotate: ←left, right, up, down, ctrl+left, ctrl+right\n&#39; +</span>
-  <span class="c1">#  &#39;pan:    shift+left, shift+right, shift+up, shift+down\n&#39; +</span>
-  <span class="c1">#  &#39;zoom:   ctrl+up, ctrl+down\n&#39; +</span>
-  <span class="c1">#  &#39;view:   f (front), l (left), r (right), t (top), b (bottom)\n&#39; +</span>
-  <span class="c1">#  &#39;        i (isometric), d (dimetric)&#39;,</span>
-  <span class="n">pylab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span>
-    <span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">+.</span><span class="mi">01</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">-.</span><span class="mi">015</span><span class="p">,</span>
-    <span class="s1">&#39;rotate: [←], [→], [↑], [↓], [Ctrl][←], [Ctrl][→]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
-    <span class="s1">&#39;pan:    [Shift][←], [Shift][→], [Shift][↑], [Shift][↓]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
-    <span class="s1">&#39;zoom:   [Ctrl][↑], [Ctrl][↓]</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
-    <span class="s1">&#39;view:   [f]ront, [l]eft, [r]ight, [t]op, [b]ottom</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
-    <span class="s1">&#39;        [i]sometric, [d]imetric&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
-    <span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;left&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
-    <span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;top&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
-    <span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transFigure</span><span class="p">,</span>
-    <span class="n">bbox</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">facecolor</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;black&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">alpha</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">),</span>
-    <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;monospace&#39;</span>
-    <span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="n">pylab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">show</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
 </pre></div>

--- a/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/helper.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/helper.html
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@

 <span class="sd">.. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke &lt;daniel.weschke@directbox.de&gt;</span>
 <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os</span>
 <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">time</span>
 <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">contextlib</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">ContextDecorator</span>

@@ -81,6 +82,46 @@
    <span class="n">elapsed_time_ms</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">time</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">time</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start_time</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mi">1000</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="si">{:s}</span><span class="s1"> took </span><span class="si">{:.3f}</span><span class="s1"> ms&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">description</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">elapsed_time_ms</span><span class="p">))</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">False</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="cd"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.helper.html#pylib.helper.cd">[docs]</a><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">cd</span><span class="p">:</span>
+  <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Context manager for changing the current working directory</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  :param new_path: the directory to change into</span>
+<span class="sd">  :type new_path: string</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  :Example:</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  ::</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # enter the directory and run some code:</span>
+<span class="sd">    with cd(&quot;~/tmp&quot;):</span>
+<span class="sd">      # we are now in ~/tmp</span>
+<span class="sd">      # code</span>
+<span class="sd">    # outside the context manager we are back where we started.</span>
+<span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">new_path</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new_path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">expanduser</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">new_path</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__enter__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">saved_path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getcwd</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new_path</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__exit__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">etype</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">saved_path</span><span class="p">)</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="run_file"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.helper.html#pylib.helper.run_file">[docs]</a><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_name</span><span class="p">):</span>
+  <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Run a file.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  Inside a pythin interpreter it changes to the directory of the</span>
+<span class="sd">  file and after excuting the file it changes back to the working</span>
+<span class="sd">  directory before.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  :param file_name: the file to execute</span>
+<span class="sd">  :type file_name: string</span>
+<span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+  <span class="n">workdir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dirname</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">abspath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_name</span><span class="p">))</span>
+  <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">cd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">workdir</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="n">exec</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_name</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">())</span></div>
 </pre></div>

          </div>
--- a/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/mathematics.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/mathematics.html
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
 <span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>

 <div class="viewcode-block" id="matrix.__getitem__"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.matrix.__getitem__">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__getitem__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">index</span><span class="p">):</span>
-    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="sa">r</span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
 <span class="sd">    For index return value, for range return new vector object.</span>

 <span class="sd">    :Example:</span>
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 <span class="sd">    :Example:</span>

 <span class="sd">    &gt;&gt;&gt; m = matrix.zeros(3, 3)</span>
-<span class="sd">    &gt;&gt;&gt; print(m)\</span>
+<span class="sd">    &gt;&gt;&gt; print(m)</span>
 <span class="sd">    [[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]]</span>
 <span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">matrix</span><span class="p">([[</span><span class="mf">0.</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">j</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">)])</span></div>
--- a/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/tui.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/_modules/pylib/tui.html
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <title>pylib.tui &#8212; pylib 2019.12.21 documentation</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/alabaster.css" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/custom.css" type="text/css" />
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+    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/jquery.js"></script>
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+    <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
+    <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../../genindex.html" />
+    <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../../search.html" />
+   
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/custom.css" type="text/css" />
+  
+  
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.9, maximum-scale=0.9" />
+
+  </head><body>
+  
+
+    <div class="document">
+      <div class="documentwrapper">
+        <div class="bodywrapper">
+          
+
+          <div class="body" role="main">
+            
+  <h1>Source code for pylib.tui</h1><div class="highlight"><pre>
+<span></span><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/env python</span>
+<span class="c1"># -*- coding: utf-8 -*-</span>
+<span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;TUI module.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">:Date: 2020-01-10</span>
+
+<span class="sd">.. module:: tui</span>
+<span class="sd">  :platform: *nix, Windows</span>
+<span class="sd">  :synopsis: TUI module.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">.. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke &lt;daniel.weschke@directbox.de&gt;</span>
+<span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+<span class="c1"># TODO: two classes to distinguish between curses (main tui) and</span>
+<span class="c1">#       window (to handle sub windows)?</span>
+<span class="c1"># TODO: width resizing, min width now 6 because of text and border</span>
+<span class="c1"># TODO: height resizing, min height</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">curses</span>
+
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="newwin"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.newwin">[docs]</a><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">):</span>
+  <span class="n">win</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Window</span><span class="p">()</span>
+  <span class="n">win</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span>
+  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">win</span></div>
+
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="StdOutWrapper"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper">[docs]</a><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">StdOutWrapper</span><span class="p">:</span>
+  <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Send print to stdout (print to the standard console).</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  usage:</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  ::</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # catch all prints into StdOutWrapper</span>
+<span class="sd">    mystdout = StdOutWrapper()</span>
+<span class="sd">    sys.stdout = mystdout</span>
+<span class="sd">    sys.stderr = mystdout</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # begin curses (curses.initscr())</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # do your stuff here</span>
+<span class="sd">    # print(&quot;foo&quot;)</span>
+<span class="sd">    # you can also output mystdout.get_text() in a ncurses widget in</span>
+<span class="sd">    # runtime</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # end curses (curses.endwin())</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    # go back to normal state and print all catched prints to stdout</span>
+<span class="sd">    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__</span>
+<span class="sd">    sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__</span>
+<span class="sd">    sys.stdout.write(mystdout.get_text())</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  source:</span>
+<span class="sd">    https://stackoverflow.com/a/14010948</span>
+<span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+  <span class="n">text</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="StdOutWrapper.write"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.write">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">txt</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="n">txt</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">:])</span></div>
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="StdOutWrapper.get_text"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.get_text">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span></div></div>
+  <span class="c1">#def get_text(self,beg,end):</span>
+  <span class="c1">#    return &#39;\n&#39;.join(self.text.split(&#39;\n&#39;)[beg:end])</span>
+
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI">[docs]</a><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TUI</span><span class="p">:</span>
+  <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;TUI text-based user interface</span>
+
+<span class="sd">  initscr is the encapsulation window object of the stdscr</span>
+<span class="sd">  stdsc is the curses.initscr</span>
+<span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">delay</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param delay: sets the curses.halfdelay, value between 1 and 255.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param type: int</span>
+<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">delay</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">):</span>
+      <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="n">delay</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">delay</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;TUI(delay)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Could not convert the argument to an integer.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+    <span class="c1"># catch all prints into StdOutWrapper</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">StdOutWrapper</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span>
+    <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stderr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span>
+
+    <span class="c1"># Define the appearance of some interface elements</span>
+    <span class="n">hotkey_attr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">A_BOLD</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">A_UNDERLINE</span>
+    <span class="n">menu_attr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">A_NORMAL</span>
+
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Window</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span>
+    <span class="c1">#print(type(self.stdscr))</span>
+    <span class="c1">#print(type(self.initscr))</span>
+
+    <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cbreak</span><span class="p">()</span>
+      <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">halfdelay</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">delay</span><span class="p">)</span>              <span class="c1"># How many tenths of a second are waited, from 1 to 255</span>
+      <span class="c1">#stdscr.nodelay(1)</span>
+      <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">noecho</span><span class="p">()</span>
+      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cursor_visibility</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>           <span class="c1"># Set the cursor state. visibility can be set to 0, 1, or 2, for invisible, normal, or very visible.</span>
+      <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">curs_set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cursor_visibility</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keypad</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mousemask</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>                  <span class="c1"># activate mouse events</span>
+
+      <span class="c1"># init colors</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">has_colors</span><span class="p">():</span>
+        <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start_color</span><span class="p">()</span>  <span class="c1"># initializes 8 basic colors. 0:black, 1:red, 2:green, 3:yellow, 4:blue, 5:magenta, 6:cyan, and 7:white.</span>
+        <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">use_default_colors</span><span class="p">()</span>
+        <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">COLORS</span><span class="p">):</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">init_pair</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># Color pair 0 is hard-wired to white on black, and cannot be changed.</span>
+    <span class="k">except</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="k">pass</span>
+
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_pressed_ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>                                                        <span class="c1"># getch() Note that the integer returned does not have to be in ASCII range: function keys, keypad keys and so on return numbers higher than 256.</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_pressed_mouse_ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.refresh"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.refresh">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">refresh</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">refresh</span><span class="p">()</span>  <span class="c1"># update the screen</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.getch"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.getch">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">getch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="c1"># keep last key value</span>
+    <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getch</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ERR</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="c1"># keep last key while window resizing</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">KEY_MOUSE</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_pressed_mouse_ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">KEY_MOUSE</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">KEY_RESIZE</span><span class="p">]:</span>
+        <span class="k">pass</span>
+      <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_pressed_ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">last_pressed_ch_current</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.color_table"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.color_table">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">color_table</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">window</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Print all available colors with default background.</span>
+<span class="sd">    Check if curses.has_colors() is True.</span>
+<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="c1"># TODO: position</span>
+    <span class="c1"># FIXME: use own text method?</span>
+    <span class="c1"># FIXME: build full str first and then print?</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">has_colors</span><span class="p">():</span>
+      <span class="k">return</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">window</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="n">window</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span>
+
+    <span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">addstr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="si">{0}</span><span class="s1"> colors available&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">COLORS</span><span class="p">))</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">can_change_color</span><span class="p">():</span>
+      <span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">addstr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; (can change color: </span><span class="si">{0}</span><span class="s1">)&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">can_change_color</span><span class="p">()))</span>
+    <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">maxx</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">step_size</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4</span>
+    <span class="n">maxx</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">maxx</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">maxx</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">step_size</span>
+    <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
+    <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
+    <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">COLORS</span><span class="p">):</span>
+        <span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">addstr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;{0:</span><span class="si">{1}</span><span class="s1">}&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">step_size</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">color_pair</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">))</span>
+        <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">step_size</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">maxx</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span>
+          <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+    <span class="k">except</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="c1"># End of screen reached</span>
+      <span class="k">pass</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.color_def"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.color_def">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">color_def</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">can_change_color</span><span class="p">():</span>  <span class="c1"># if True curses.init_color(color_number, r, g, b) can be used</span>
+      <span class="k">pass</span></div>
+      <span class="c1"># changes colors for the terminal also after closing the program.</span>
+      <span class="c1">#curses.color_content(0)</span>
+      <span class="c1">#tmp = curses.color_content(1)</span>
+      <span class="c1">#print(curses.color_content(1))</span>
+      <span class="c1">#curses.init_color(0, 1000, 0, 0)  # color_number = init_pair number - 1 (maybe because init_pair number 0 is hard-wired and not changeable)</span>
+      <span class="c1">#curses.init_color(1, 1000, 500, 1000)</span>
+      <span class="c1">#print(curses.color_content(1))</span>
+      <span class="c1">#curses.init_color(1, *tmp)</span>
+      <span class="c1">#print(curses.color_content(1))</span>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.clear"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.clear">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">clear</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">clear</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="TUI.end"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.end">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">end</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;clean up&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">clear</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">nocbreak</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keypad</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">echo</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">endwin</span><span class="p">()</span>
+
+    <span class="c1"># go back to normal state and print all catched prints to stdout</span>
+    <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__stdout__</span>
+    <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stderr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__stderr__</span>
+    <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_text</span><span class="p">())</span></div></div>
+
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window">[docs]</a><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Window</span><span class="p">:</span>
+  <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Window</span>
+<span class="sd">  &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.initscr"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.initscr">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">initscr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initscr</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.derwin"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.derwin">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">derwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="n">win</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Window</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">win</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">derwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">win</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.clear"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.clear">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">clear</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">clear</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.getmaxyx"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.getmaxyx">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.getch"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.getch">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">getch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getch</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.instr"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.instr">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">instr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">instr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode</span><span class="p">()</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.text"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.text">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">padding_left</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">padding_top</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">attribute</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">color_pair</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sa">r</span><span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Test to screen. If multiline than keep the x position for</span>
+<span class="sd">    each new line.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    :Example:</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    ::</span>
+
+<span class="sd">      text(stdscr, 2, 1, &quot;1 - Show test page&quot;)</span>
+<span class="sd">      text(stdscr, 3, 1, &quot;h - Show help page&quot;)</span>
+<span class="sd">      text(stdscr, 4, 1, &quot;q - Exit&quot;)</span>
+
+<span class="sd">      text(stdscr, 2, 1,</span>
+<span class="sd">           &quot;1 - Show test page\\n&quot; +</span>
+<span class="sd">           &quot;h - Show help page\\n&quot; +</span>
+<span class="sd">           &quot;q - Exit&quot;)</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    .. note::</span>
+<span class="sd">      Writing in the last char of the window (last row bottom and</span>
+<span class="sd">      last column right) is suppressed</span>
+<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="n">win_height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">win_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">win_width</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">padding_left</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span>  <span class="c1"># unicode can have 2 char width</span>
+      <span class="k">return</span>
+    <span class="n">yi</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">padding_top</span>
+    <span class="c1">#for row in string.split(&quot;\n&quot;):</span>
+    <span class="c1">#  window.addnstr(yi, x, row, win_width-x-1, curses.color_pair(9))  # 5</span>
+    <span class="c1">#  yi += 1</span>
+    <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="p">):</span>  <span class="c1"># TODO: os.linesep?</span>
+      <span class="n">xi</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">padding_left</span>
+      <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">char</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">row</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="c1"># write only inside the window</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">yi</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">win_height</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">xi</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">win_width</span><span class="p">:</span>
+          <span class="c1"># do not write in the last char of window (last row bottom and last column right)</span>
+          <span class="c1"># unicodes may use multiple chars, this will raise an error for the last char in the window</span>
+          <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">yi</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">win_height</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">xi</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">win_width</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="k">break</span>
+          <span class="c1">#if yi == win_height-1 and xi &gt;= win_width-1:</span>
+          <span class="c1">#  try:</span>
+          <span class="c1">#    char.encode(&quot;ascii&quot;)</span>
+          <span class="c1">#  except UnicodeEncodeError:</span>
+          <span class="c1">#    break</span>
+
+          <span class="c1"># dont add str if empty braille char or simple space character</span>
+          <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">char</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="nb">chr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mh">0x2800</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">char</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; &quot;</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">xi</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="n">win_width</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">yi</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="n">win_height</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">addstr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">yi</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">xi</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">char</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">attribute</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">color_pair</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">color_pair</span><span class="p">))</span>
+        <span class="n">xi</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+      <span class="n">yi</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="mi">1</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.border"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.border">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">border</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">footer_left</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">footer_right</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;horizontal&quot;</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Set border around the window with optional title and footer</span>
+<span class="sd">    labels.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    :param window: the window to draw a border</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type window: curses.window</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param title: the title for the window (default = &quot;&quot;)</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type title: str</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param footer_left: the footer label (default = &quot;&quot;). If footer_left</span>
+<span class="sd">      is a list than every element of the list will be printed sperated</span>
+<span class="sd">      by one column. This is useful to not overwright the border with a</span>
+<span class="sd">      space character.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type footer_left: str or list</span>
+<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="n">win_height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">win_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">win_width</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="k">return</span>
+
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">style</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">):</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">style</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;horizontal&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">border</span><span class="p">(</span>
+          <span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+          <span class="n">curses</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ACS_HLINE</span><span class="p">,</span>
+        <span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="k">elif</span> <span class="n">style</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;full&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">border</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>  <span class="c1"># list</span>
+      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">border</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">style</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">title</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">title</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">footer_left</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="n">last_win_row</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">win_height</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_left</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">):</span>
+        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_left</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last_win_row</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>  <span class="c1"># list</span>
+        <span class="n">pos</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+        <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">footer_left_i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">footer_left</span><span class="p">:</span>
+          <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_left_i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pos</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">win_height</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
+          <span class="n">pos</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_left_i</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">1</span>
+
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">footer_right</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_right</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">win_width</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">footer_right</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">last_win_row</span><span class="p">)</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.textbox"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.textbox">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">textbox</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">borders</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Add sub window.</span>
+
+<span class="sd">    :param parent_window: the parent window</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type parent_window: curses.window</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param height: the height of the sub window. The reference point of</span>
+<span class="sd">      the sub window is the top left corner.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type height: int</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param width: the width of the sub window. The reference point of</span>
+<span class="sd">      the sub window is the top left corner.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type width: int</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param y: the y coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from</span>
+<span class="sd">      the top.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :type y: int</span>
+<span class="sd">    :param x: the x coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from</span>
+<span class="sd">      the left.</span>
+<span class="sd">    :returns: the sub window content and decoration</span>
+<span class="sd">    :rtype: (curses.window, curses.window)</span>
+<span class="sd">    &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="c1"># TODO: not to work with two window object but one with the</span>
+    <span class="c1">#       possibility to access the derwin(s). Either self.derwins</span>
+    <span class="c1">#       or another DoubleWindow class for border and text or do it</span>
+    <span class="c1">#       in this class?</span>
+    <span class="n">screen_height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">screen_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getmaxyx</span><span class="p">()</span>
+    <span class="n">newwin_width</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">screen_width</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="n">width</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">screen_width</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="n">width</span>
+    <span class="n">newwin_height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">screen_height</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">screen_height</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="n">height</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">newwin_width</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">newwin_height</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span>
+      <span class="n">win</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">derwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">newwin_height</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">newwin_width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span>
+      <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">borders</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="n">win</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">border</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">style</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;full&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">newwin_width</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">newwin_height</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span>
+          <span class="n">subwin</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">win</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">derwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">newwin_height</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">newwin_width</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
+          <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">subwin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">win</span>  <span class="c1"># text and border</span>
+        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">win</span>  <span class="c1"># only border, no text (top left 1 char)</span>
+      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">win</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># only text, no border (top left 1 char)</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">newwin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># no border and no text (top left 1 char)</span></div>
+
+<div class="viewcode-block" id="Window.refresh"><a class="viewcode-back" href="../../pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.refresh">[docs]</a>  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">refresh</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">window</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">refresh</span><span class="p">()</span></div></div>
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--- a/docs/build/html/_sources/index.rst.txt
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@@ -15,8 +15,39 @@ Welcome to pylib's documentation!


 Indices and tables
-==================
+------------------

 * :ref:`genindex`
 * :ref:`modindex`
 * :ref:`search`
+
+
+
+tui
+---
+
+pylib/tui.py is the main module for tui 'terminal user interface' programs.
+
+* curses package (for Windows install windows-curses) is the underlying main
+  package to build terminal programs. The curses package can also be used
+  directly.
+
+  * Windows (Anaconda):
+
+    * ``C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat activate base``
+    * ``python -m pip install windows-curses``
+    * https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/windows-curses
+
+* drawille package is used to draw with braille characters (dottet and quasi-
+  line charts). Make sure you use a font with Unicode Braille characters. For
+  Windows e. g.: NSimSun, MS Gothic.
+
+  * Install: ``python -m pip install drawille``
+  * Windows (Anaconda):
+
+    * ``C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat activate base``
+    * ``python -m pip install drawille``
+
+* drawblock.py is used to draw with block characters (histogram).
+
+example/tui.py is an example script to build a terminal program.
--- a/docs/build/html/_sources/pylib.rst.txt
+++ b/docs/build/html/_sources/pylib.rst.txt
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Submodules
   pylib.helper
   pylib.mathematics
   pylib.time_of_day
+   pylib.tui
--- a/docs/build/html/_sources/pylib.tui.rst.txt
+++ b/docs/build/html/_sources/pylib.tui.rst.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pylib.tui module
+================
+
+.. automodule:: pylib.tui
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
--- a/docs/build/html/genindex.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/genindex.html
@@ -186,15 +186,17 @@
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.function.html#pylib.function.b_spline_curve_with_knots">b_spline_curve_with_knots() (in module pylib.function)</a>
 </li>
-  </ul></td>
-  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step.html#pylib.data_step.b_spline_curve_with_knots_geometry">b_spline_curve_with_knots_geometry() (in module pylib.data_step)</a>
 </li>
+  </ul></td>
+  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.function.html#pylib.function.b_spline_knots">b_spline_knots() (in module pylib.function)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.boolean_choose">boolean_choose() (in module pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.BOOLEAN_to_bool">BOOLEAN_to_bool() (in module pylib.data_step_std)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.border">border() (Window method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.BOUNDED_CURVE">BOUNDED_CURVE (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
@@ -209,6 +211,8 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry_plot_pylab.html#pylib.geometry_plot_pylab.cad_wireframe">cad_wireframe() (in module pylib.geometry_plot_pylab)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.CARTESIAN_POINT">CARTESIAN_POINT (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.helper.html#pylib.helper.cd">cd (class in pylib.helper)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.World.center">center() (World method)</a>
 </li>
@@ -230,8 +234,18 @@
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.Properties.circle_sectors">circle_sectors (Properties attribute)</a>
 </li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.clear">clear() (TUI method)</a>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.clear">(Window method)</a>
+</li>
+      </ul></li>
  </ul></td>
  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.color_def">color_def() (TUI method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.color_table">color_table() (TUI method)</a>
+</li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.CONIC">CONIC (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.vector.conjugate">conjugate() (vector static method)</a>
@@ -278,13 +292,15 @@
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#module-data_step_std">data_step_std (module)</a>
 </li>
-  </ul></td>
-  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.date.html#module-date">date (module)</a>
 </li>
+  </ul></td>
+  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#pylib.time_of_day.days">days() (in module pylib.time_of_day)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#pylib.time_of_day.days_norm">days_norm() (in module pylib.time_of_day)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.derwin">derwin() (Window method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.dimension_of">dimension_of() (in module pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
@@ -316,10 +332,10 @@
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.date.html#pylib.date.easter_sunday">easter_sunday() (in module pylib.date)</a>
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-  </ul></td>
-  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.EDGE">EDGE (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
+  </ul></td>
+  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.EDGE_CURVE">EDGE_CURVE (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
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      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.EDGE_LOOP">EDGE_LOOP (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
@@ -329,6 +345,8 @@
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 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.function.html#pylib.function.ellipse">ellipse() (in module pylib.function)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.end">end() (TUI method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.function.html#pylib.function.epitrochoid">epitrochoid() (in module pylib.function)</a>
 </li>
@@ -368,12 +386,12 @@
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-  </ul></td>
-  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d.html#module-geometry2d">geometry2d (module)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d_plot.html#module-geometry2d_plot">geometry2d_plot (module)</a>
 </li>
+  </ul></td>
+  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry_plot.html#module-geometry_plot">geometry_plot (module)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry_plot_pylab.html#module-geometry_plot_pylab">geometry_plot_pylab (module)</a>
@@ -381,6 +399,16 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.CS.get_coordinates">get_coordinates() (CS method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data.html#pylib.data.get_id">get_id() (in module pylib.data)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.get_text">get_text() (StdOutWrapper method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.getch">getch() (TUI method)</a>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.getch">(Window method)</a>
+</li>
+      </ul></li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.getmaxyx">getmaxyx() (Window method)</a>
 </li>
  </ul></td>
 </tr></table>
@@ -417,9 +445,13 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#pylib.time_of_day.in_seconds">in_seconds() (in module pylib.time_of_day)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.CS.init_xyz">init_xyz() (CS class method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.initscr">initscr() (Window method)</a>
 </li>
  </ul></td>
  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.instr">instr() (Window method)</a>
+</li>
      <li><a href="pylib.numerical.integration.html#module-integration">integration (module)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d.html#pylib.geometry2d.interpolate_hermite">interpolate_hermite() (in module pylib.geometry2d)</a>
@@ -484,6 +516,8 @@
 </li>
  </ul></td>
  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.newwin">newwin() (in module pylib.tui)</a>
+</li>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.vector.normalize">normalize() (vector method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.vector.normalized">normalized() (vector static method)</a>
@@ -585,6 +619,8 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.numerical.ode_model.html#module-pylib.numerical.ode_model">pylib.numerical.ode_model (module)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#module-pylib.time_of_day">pylib.time_of_day (module)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#module-pylib.tui">pylib.tui (module)</a>
 </li>
  </ul></td>
 </tr></table>
@@ -602,6 +638,12 @@
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d.html#pylib.geometry2d.rectangle">rectangle() (in module pylib.geometry2d)</a>
 </li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI.refresh">refresh() (TUI method)</a>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.refresh">(Window method)</a>
+</li>
+      </ul></li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step_std.html#pylib.data_step_std.REPRESENTATION_ITEM">REPRESENTATION_ITEM (class in pylib.data_step_std)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d.html#pylib.geometry2d.rotate">rotate() (in module pylib.geometry2d)</a>
@@ -642,6 +684,8 @@
        <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.World.rotate_z">(World method)</a>
 </li>
      </ul></li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.helper.html#pylib.helper.run_file">run_file() (in module pylib.helper)</a>
+</li>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.matrix.rx">rx() (matrix static method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.matrix.ry">ry() (matrix static method)</a>
@@ -695,6 +739,8 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.World.space_diagonal">space_diagonal() (World method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry2d.html#pylib.geometry2d.square">square() (in module pylib.geometry2d)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper">StdOutWrapper (class in pylib.tui)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data_step.html#pylib.data_step.step">step (class in pylib.data_step)</a>
 </li>
@@ -715,6 +761,12 @@
 <table style="width: 100%" class="indextable genindextable"><tr>
  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.matrix.t">t() (matrix static method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.text">text (StdOutWrapper attribute)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.text">text() (Window method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window.textbox">textbox() (Window method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#module-time_of_day">time_of_day (module)</a>
 </li>
@@ -751,6 +803,10 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.mathematics.html#pylib.mathematics.matrix.transposed">transposed() (matrix static method)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.numerical.integration.html#pylib.numerical.integration.trapez">trapez() (in module pylib.numerical.integration)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.TUI">TUI (class in pylib.tui)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#module-tui">tui (module)</a>
 </li>
  </ul></td>
 </tr></table>
@@ -788,6 +844,8 @@
 <h2 id="W">W</h2>
 <table style="width: 100%" class="indextable genindextable"><tr>
  <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.Window">Window (class in pylib.tui)</a>
+</li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry_plot_pylab.html#pylib.geometry_plot_pylab.wireframe3d">wireframe3d() (in module pylib.geometry_plot_pylab)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.Solid.wireframes">wireframes() (Solid method)</a>
@@ -805,7 +863,11 @@
      <li><a href="pylib.geometry.html#pylib.geometry.World">World (class in pylib.geometry)</a>
 </li>
      <li><a href="pylib.data.html#pylib.data.write">write() (in module pylib.data)</a>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="pylib.tui.html#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.write">(StdOutWrapper method)</a>
 </li>
+      </ul></li>
  </ul></td>
 </tr></table>

--- a/docs/build/html/index.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/index.html
@@ -44,14 +44,48 @@
 </li>
 </ul>
 </div>
-</div>
 <div class="section" id="indices-and-tables">
-<h1>Indices and tables<a class="headerlink" href="#indices-and-tables" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<h2>Indices and tables<a class="headerlink" href="#indices-and-tables" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="genindex.html"><span class="std std-ref">Index</span></a></p></li>
 <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="py-modindex.html"><span class="std std-ref">Module Index</span></a></p></li>
 <li><p><a class="reference internal" href="search.html"><span class="std std-ref">Search Page</span></a></p></li>
 </ul>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="tui">
+<h2>tui<a class="headerlink" href="#tui" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>pylib/tui.py is the main module for tui ‘terminal user interface’ programs.</p>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li><p>curses package (for Windows install windows-curses) is the underlying main
+package to build terminal programs. The curses package can also be used
+directly.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><p>Windows (Anaconda):</p>
+<ul>
+<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat</span> <span class="pre">activate</span> <span class="pre">base</span></code></p></li>
+<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">-m</span> <span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">windows-curses</span></code></p></li>
+<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/windows-curses">https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/windows-curses</a></p></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><p>drawille package is used to draw with braille characters (dottet and quasi-
+line charts). Make sure you use a font with Unicode Braille characters. For
+Windows e. g.: NSimSun, MS Gothic.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><p>Install: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">-m</span> <span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">drawille</span></code></p></li>
+<li><p>Windows (Anaconda):</p>
+<ul>
+<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat</span> <span class="pre">activate</span> <span class="pre">base</span></code></p></li>
+<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">-m</span> <span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">drawille</span></code></p></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><p>drawblock.py is used to draw with block characters (histogram).</p></li>
+</ul>
+<p>example/tui.py is an example script to build a terminal program.</p>
+</div>
 </div>


--- a/docs/build/html/modules.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/modules.html
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.helper.html">pylib.helper module</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.mathematics.html">pylib.mathematics module</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.time_of_day.html">pylib.time_of_day module</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.tui.html">pylib.tui module</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
--- a/docs/build/html/objects.inv
+++ b/docs/build/html/objects.inv
--- a/docs/build/html/py-modindex.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/py-modindex.html
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@
       <td>&#160;&#160;&#160;
       <a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#module-pylib.time_of_day"><code class="xref">pylib.time_of_day</code></a></td><td>
       <em></em></td></tr>
+     <tr class="cg-1">
+       <td></td>
+       <td>&#160;&#160;&#160;
+       <a href="pylib.tui.html#module-pylib.tui"><code class="xref">pylib.tui</code></a></td><td>
+       <em></em></td></tr>
     <tr class="pcap"><td></td><td>&#160;</td><td></td></tr>
     <tr class="cap" id="cap-t"><td></td><td>
       <strong>t</strong></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -269,6 +274,11 @@
       <td>
       <a href="pylib.time_of_day.html#module-time_of_day"><code class="xref">time_of_day</code></a> <em>(*nix, Windows)</em></td><td>
       <em>Calculate time.</em></td></tr>
+     <tr>
+       <td></td>
+       <td>
+       <a href="pylib.tui.html#module-tui"><code class="xref">tui</code></a> <em>(*nix, Windows)</em></td><td>
+       <em>TUI module.</em></td></tr>
   </table>


--- a/docs/build/html/pylib.helper.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/pylib.helper.html
@@ -43,6 +43,41 @@
 </dd>
 </dl>
 <span class="target" id="module-helper"></span><dl class="class">
+<dt id="pylib.helper.cd">
+<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">cd</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">new_path</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/helper.html#cd"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.helper.cd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
+<p>Context manager for changing the current working directory</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>new_path</strong> (<em>string</em>) – the directory to change into</p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">Example</dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p></p></dd>
+</dl>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># enter the directory and run some code:</span>
+<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">cd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;~/tmp&quot;</span><span class="p">):</span>
+  <span class="c1"># we are now in ~/tmp</span>
+  <span class="c1"># code</span>
+<span class="c1"># outside the context manager we are back where we started.</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="pylib.helper.run_file">
+<code class="sig-name descname">run_file</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">file_name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/helper.html#run_file"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.helper.run_file" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Run a file.</p>
+<p>Inside a pythin interpreter it changes to the directory of the
+file and after excuting the file it changes back to the working
+directory before.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>file_name</strong> (<em>string</em>) – the file to execute</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="class">
 <dt id="pylib.helper.timeit">
 <em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">timeit</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">description=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/helper.html#timeit"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.helper.timeit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 <dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contextlib.ContextDecorator</span></code></p>
--- a/docs/build/html/pylib.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/pylib.html
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.helper.html">pylib.helper module</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.mathematics.html">pylib.mathematics module</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.time_of_day.html">pylib.time_of_day module</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="pylib.tui.html">pylib.tui module</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 </div>
--- a/docs/build/html/pylib.mathematics.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/pylib.mathematics.html
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 <dt class="field-odd">Example</dt>
 <dd class="field-odd"><p></p></dd>
 </dl>
-<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">matrix</span><span class="p">([[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">9</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span>                     <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]])</span>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">matrix</span><span class="p">([[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">9</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> \
+<span class="go">                [0, 0, 0, 0]])</span>
 <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">[:])</span>
 <span class="go">[[1, 2, 3, 0], [4, 5, 6, 0], [7, 8, 9, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0]]</span>
 <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">])</span>
@@ -442,7 +443,8 @@ filled with zeros.</p>
 <dd class="field-even"><p></p></dd>
 </dl>
 <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">matrix</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">zeros</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
-<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">)</span>    <span class="p">[[</span><span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="go">[[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]]</span>
 </pre></div>
 </div>
 </dd></dl>
--- a/docs/build/html/pylib.tui.html
+++ b/docs/build/html/pylib.tui.html
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <title>pylib.tui module &#8212; pylib 2019.12.21 documentation</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/alabaster.css" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/custom.css" type="text/css" />
+    <script type="text/javascript" id="documentation_options" data-url_root="./" src="_static/documentation_options.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/underscore.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/doctools.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/language_data.js"></script>
+    <script async="async" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/latest.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
+    <link rel="index" title="Index" href="genindex.html" />
+    <link rel="search" title="Search" href="search.html" />
+    <link rel="prev" title="pylib.time_of_day module" href="pylib.time_of_day.html" />
+   
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/custom.css" type="text/css" />
+  
+  
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.9, maximum-scale=0.9" />
+
+  </head><body>
+  
+
+    <div class="document">
+      <div class="documentwrapper">
+        <div class="bodywrapper">
+          
+
+          <div class="body" role="main">
+            
+  <div class="section" id="module-pylib.tui">
+<span id="pylib-tui-module"></span><h1>pylib.tui module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-pylib.tui" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>TUI module.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Date</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p>2020-01-10</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<span class="target" id="module-tui"></span><dl class="class">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper">
+<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">StdOutWrapper</code><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#StdOutWrapper"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
+<p>Send print to stdout (print to the standard console).</p>
+<p>usage:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># catch all prints into StdOutWrapper</span>
+<span class="n">mystdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">StdOutWrapper</span><span class="p">()</span>
+<span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mystdout</span>
+<span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stderr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mystdout</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># begin curses (curses.initscr())</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># do your stuff here</span>
+<span class="c1"># print(&quot;foo&quot;)</span>
+<span class="c1"># you can also output mystdout.get_text() in a ncurses widget in</span>
+<span class="c1"># runtime</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># end curses (curses.endwin())</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># go back to normal state and print all catched prints to stdout</span>
+<span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__stdout__</span>
+<span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stderr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__stderr__</span>
+<span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mystdout</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_text</span><span class="p">())</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<dl class="simple">
+<dt>source:</dt><dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/14010948">https://stackoverflow.com/a/14010948</a></p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.get_text">
+<code class="sig-name descname">get_text</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#StdOutWrapper.get_text"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.get_text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="attribute">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.text">
+<code class="sig-name descname">text</code><em class="property"> = ''</em><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.write">
+<code class="sig-name descname">write</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">txt</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#StdOutWrapper.write"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.StdOutWrapper.write" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="class">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI">
+<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">TUI</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">delay=5</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
+<p>TUI text-based user interface</p>
+<p>initscr is the encapsulation window object of the stdscr
+stdsc is the curses.initscr</p>
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.clear">
+<code class="sig-name descname">clear</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.clear"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.clear" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.color_def">
+<code class="sig-name descname">color_def</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.color_def"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.color_def" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.color_table">
+<code class="sig-name descname">color_table</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">window=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.color_table"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.color_table" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Print all available colors with default background.
+Check if curses.has_colors() is True.</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.end">
+<code class="sig-name descname">end</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.end"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.end" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>clean up</p>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.getch">
+<code class="sig-name descname">getch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.getch"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.getch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.TUI.refresh">
+<code class="sig-name descname">refresh</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#TUI.refresh"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.TUI.refresh" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="class">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window">
+<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-name descname">Window</code><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.border">
+<code class="sig-name descname">border</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">title=''</em>, <em class="sig-param">footer_left=''</em>, <em class="sig-param">footer_right=''</em>, <em class="sig-param">style='horizontal'</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.border"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.border" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Set border around the window with optional title and footer
+labels.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
+<li><p><strong>window</strong> (<em>curses.window</em>) – the window to draw a border</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>title</strong> (<em>str</em>) – the title for the window (default = “”)</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>footer_left</strong> (<em>str</em><em> or </em><em>list</em>) – the footer label (default = “”). If footer_left
+is a list than every element of the list will be printed sperated
+by one column. This is useful to not overwright the border with a
+space character.</p></li>
+</ul>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.clear">
+<code class="sig-name descname">clear</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.clear"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.clear" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.derwin">
+<code class="sig-name descname">derwin</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">height</em>, <em class="sig-param">width</em>, <em class="sig-param">y</em>, <em class="sig-param">x</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.derwin"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.derwin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.getch">
+<code class="sig-name descname">getch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.getch"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.getch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.getmaxyx">
+<code class="sig-name descname">getmaxyx</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.getmaxyx"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.getmaxyx" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.initscr">
+<code class="sig-name descname">initscr</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.initscr"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.initscr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.instr">
+<code class="sig-name descname">instr</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">y</em>, <em class="sig-param">x</em>, <em class="sig-param">n</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.instr"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.instr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.refresh">
+<code class="sig-name descname">refresh</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.refresh"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.refresh" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.text">
+<code class="sig-name descname">text</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">string</em>, <em class="sig-param">padding_left=0</em>, <em class="sig-param">padding_top=0</em>, <em class="sig-param">attribute=0</em>, <em class="sig-param">color_pair=0</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.text"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Test to screen. If multiline than keep the x position for
+each new line.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Example</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p></p></dd>
+</dl>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;1 - Show test page&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;h - Show help page&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;q - Exit&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+<span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">stdscr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span>
+     <span class="s2">&quot;1 - Show test page</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">n&quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+     <span class="s2">&quot;h - Show help page</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">n&quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span>
+     <span class="s2">&quot;q - Exit&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p>Writing in the last char of the window (last row bottom and
+last column right) is suppressed</p>
+</div>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="method">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.Window.textbox">
+<code class="sig-name descname">textbox</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">height</em>, <em class="sig-param">width</em>, <em class="sig-param">y</em>, <em class="sig-param">x</em>, <em class="sig-param">borders=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#Window.textbox"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.Window.textbox" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><p>Add sub window.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
+<li><p><strong>parent_window</strong> (<em>curses.window</em>) – the parent window</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>height</strong> (<em>int</em>) – the height of the sub window. The reference point of
+the sub window is the top left corner.</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>width</strong> (<em>int</em>) – the width of the sub window. The reference point of
+the sub window is the top left corner.</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>y</strong> (<em>int</em>) – the y coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from
+the top.</p></li>
+<li><p><strong>x</strong> – the x coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from
+the left.</p></li>
+</ul>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p>the sub window content and decoration</p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-odd">Return type</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p>(curses.window, curses.window)</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="function">
+<dt id="pylib.tui.newwin">
+<code class="sig-name descname">newwin</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">height</em>, <em class="sig-param">width</em>, <em class="sig-param">y</em>, <em class="sig-param">x</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/pylib/tui.html#newwin"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#pylib.tui.newwin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd></dd></dl>
+
+</div>
+
+
+          </div>
+          
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
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+<h1 class="logo"><a href="index.html">pylib</a></h1>
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--- a/docs/build/html/searchindex.js
+++ b/docs/build/html/searchindex.js
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,39 @@ Welcome to pylib's documentation!


 Indices and tables
-==================
+------------------

 * :ref:`genindex`
 * :ref:`modindex`
 * :ref:`search`
+
+
+
+tui
+---
+
+pylib/tui.py is the main module for tui 'terminal user interface' programs.
+
+* curses package (for Windows install windows-curses) is the underlying main
+  package to build terminal programs. The curses package can also be used
+  directly.
+
+  * Windows (Anaconda):
+
+    * ``C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat activate base``
+    * ``python -m pip install windows-curses``
+    * https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/windows-curses
+
+* drawille package is used to draw with braille characters (dottet and quasi-
+  line charts). Make sure you use a font with Unicode Braille characters. For
+  Windows e. g.: NSimSun, MS Gothic.
+
+  * Install: ``python -m pip install drawille``
+  * Windows (Anaconda):
+
+    * ``C:\PathToAnaconda3\condabin\conda.bat activate base``
+    * ``python -m pip install drawille``
+
+* drawblock.py is used to draw with block characters (histogram).
+
+example/tui.py is an example script to build a terminal program.
--- a/docs/source/pylib.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pylib.rst
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Submodules
   pylib.helper
   pylib.mathematics
   pylib.time_of_day
+   pylib.tui
--- a/docs/source/pylib.tui.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pylib.tui.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pylib.tui module
+================
+
+.. automodule:: pylib.tui
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
--- a/examples/function_b_spline.py
+++ b/examples/function_b_spline.py
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@

 .. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke <daniel.weschke@directbox.de>
 """
+from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
+assert Axes3D
+import pylab
 from pylib.data import seq, unique_list
 from pylib.function import (
  sample_half_open, sample_half_open_seq,
  b_spline_basis, b_spline_knots, b_spline_curve_with_knots)
 from pylib.helper import timeit

-from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
-assert Axes3D
-import pylab
-

 def b_spline_basis_functions(knots, pmax=None):
  m = len(knots) - 1  # m = 3
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ def b_spline_basis_functions(knots, pmax=None):
    pmax = m
  u = seq(knots[0], knots[-1], (knots[-1]-knots[0])/50)
  Nij = [[[b_spline_basis(knots, i, j)(uj) for uj in u] for
-           i in range(m-j)] for j in range(pmax+1)]
+          i in range(m-j)] for j in range(pmax+1)]
  Nj = [[sum(i) for i in zip(*Nij[:][j])] for j in range(pmax+1)]
  return u, Nij, Nj

@@ -180,14 +179,14 @@ def example5():
       (52.5444045251438, 42.8799268641912, -0.372905635604393),
       (52.7547311828766, 42.9295775362814, -0.373148784408123)]
  Uu = (0.0228378692889125,
-       0.0649893839528174,
-       0.130414237399236,
-       0.195679174703882,
-       0.260898113556269,
-       0.326065686455556,
-       0.391167888702703,
-       0.456323551413636,
-       0.521155975846261)
+        0.0649893839528174,
+        0.130414237399236,
+        0.195679174703882,
+        0.260898113556269,
+        0.326065686455556,
+        0.391167888702703,
+        0.456323551413636,
+        0.521155975846261)
  mult = (4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4)
  U = [Uu[i] for i in range(len(Uu)) for j in range(mult[i])]

@@ -205,9 +204,9 @@ def example5():
      C = b_spline_curve_with_knots(p, P, U)
      Cu = sample_half_open(C, U[0], U[-1])
    plot_b_spline_curve_with_knots(
-      Cu = Cu,
-      CU = sample_half_open_seq(C, Uu) if knots_cp else None,
-      P = P if knots_cp else None,
+      Cu=Cu,
+      CU=sample_half_open_seq(C, Uu) if knots_cp else None,
+      P=P if knots_cp else None,
      figure_id='N5 C')

    pylab.gca().set_zlim3d([-1, 0])
@@ -239,14 +238,14 @@ def example6():
       (52.5444045251438, 42.8799268641912, -0.372905635604393),
       (52.7547311828766, 42.9295775362814, -0.373148784408123)]
  Uu = (0.0228378692889125,
-       0.0649893839528174,
-       0.130414237399236,
-       0.195679174703882,
-       0.260898113556269,
-       0.326065686455556,
-       0.391167888702703,
-       0.456323551413636,
-       0.521155975846261)
+        0.0649893839528174,
+        0.130414237399236,
+        0.195679174703882,
+        0.260898113556269,
+        0.326065686455556,
+        0.391167888702703,
+        0.456323551413636,
+        0.521155975846261)
  mult = (4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4)
  U = [Uu[i] for i in range(len(Uu)) for j in range(mult[i])]

@@ -275,86 +274,86 @@ def example6():

 def example7():
  P = [(-69.99999999999, 6.23746531921, 119.99999999999),
- (-69.99999999999, 5.72567326271, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 5.2192123782, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 4.718082665681, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 4.222284125153, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 3.731816756617, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 3.246680560071, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 2.766875535516, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 2.292401682953, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 1.82325900238, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 1.359447493799, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 0.900967157208, 120.0),
- (-70.0, 0.447817992609, 120.0),
- (-69.99999999999, -1.642767914458, 119.99999999999),
- (-69.95823302652, -3.284128624962, 119.96005936915),
- (-69.87482030195, -4.920567121601, 119.88028704462),
- (-69.7502001661, -6.548567099244, 119.76113869291),
- (-69.58513326705, -8.164660004507, 119.60341679526),
- (-69.38069590753, -9.765475979336, 119.40825949383),
- (-69.13826152984, -11.34779669959, 119.17711816806),
- (-68.85947036564, -12.90861011093, 118.91172378914),
- (-68.54618721656, -14.44516705927, 118.61404198996),
- (-68.20044740283, -15.95503981856, 118.28621691953),
- (-67.82439084537, -17.43618251348, 117.93050381741),
- (-67.42018430873, -18.88699343893, 117.54919035943),
- (-66.38758251206, -22.29350540161, 116.57795367665),
- (-65.73413448053, -24.21919416036, 115.96554908806),
- (-65.03556391343, -26.07956263873, 115.31370192302),
- (-64.29648522575, -27.87744521951, 114.62724902124),
- (-63.52042791056, -29.61397650413, 113.91024118834),
- (-62.71277001846, -31.2871331673, 113.16847249966),
- (-61.87901674025, -32.89613508726, 112.4077395496),
- (-61.02226890253, -34.44424317029, 111.63151855295),
- (-60.14386048877, -35.93622309031, 110.841629897),
- (-59.24623340527, -37.37387103089, 110.04091803203),
- (-58.33313678246, -38.756819007, 109.23340236149),
- (-57.40516397009, -40.08965381341, 108.42014822445),
- (-55.01642244455, -43.34968716212, 106.34685334397),
- (-53.53813210335, -45.21002358427, 105.08230356996),
- (-52.03458081272, -46.96355473328, 103.81650090025),
- (-50.50977333246, -48.61777575741, 102.55504546095),
- (-48.96692322622, -50.17949288551, 101.30260097008),
- (-47.40801072014, -51.65517742458, 100.06277532323),
- (-45.83395649691, -53.05076391735, 98.838417665337),
- (-44.24537288755, -54.37123987567, 97.632189028576),
- (-42.64319994423, -55.62048722024, 96.446976549361),
- (-41.02853017217, -56.80167054344, 95.285780596074),
- (-39.40157208613, -57.91802439479, 94.15110945761),
- (-37.76099941739, -58.97317114245, 93.044667943398),
- (-33.51657488475, -61.52870256173, 90.285109332808),
- (-30.89322834847, -62.94313830978, 88.677041723595),
- (-28.23238814008, -64.22251443102, 87.15321189152),
- (-25.55002271787, -65.36600940426, 85.732620462342),
- (-22.80465037824, -66.39367032451, 84.407541386373),
- (-20.07652968241, -67.27260606721, 83.231827543651),
- (-17.27816204332, -68.0519427367, 82.167075623263),
- (-14.44812618974, -68.69718956814, 81.25538726298),
- (-11.58521735637, -69.2186257426, 80.51004437835),
- (-8.697808521544, -69.60868640648, 79.943540692506),
- (-5.807821595725, -69.86923851767, 79.563401742733),
- (-2.906442029202, -70.00000000001, 79.372539331945),
- (0.372271370757, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331937),
- (0.762465017147, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331936),
- (1.17058093917, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331935),
- (1.596619136825, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331934),
- (2.040579610114, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331932),
- (2.502462359036, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331931),
- (2.982267383591, -69.99999999998, 79.37253933193),
- (3.479994683778, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331929),
- (3.995644259599, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331927),
- (4.529216111052, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331926),
- (5.080710238139, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331925),
- (5.650126640858, -69.99999999997, 79.372539331923),
- (6.23746531921, -69.99999999997, 79.372539331922)]
+       (-69.99999999999, 5.72567326271, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 5.2192123782, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 4.718082665681, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 4.222284125153, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 3.731816756617, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 3.246680560071, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 2.766875535516, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 2.292401682953, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 1.82325900238, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 1.359447493799, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 0.900967157208, 120.0),
+       (-70.0, 0.447817992609, 120.0),
+       (-69.99999999999, -1.642767914458, 119.99999999999),
+       (-69.95823302652, -3.284128624962, 119.96005936915),
+       (-69.87482030195, -4.920567121601, 119.88028704462),
+       (-69.7502001661, -6.548567099244, 119.76113869291),
+       (-69.58513326705, -8.164660004507, 119.60341679526),
+       (-69.38069590753, -9.765475979336, 119.40825949383),
+       (-69.13826152984, -11.34779669959, 119.17711816806),
+       (-68.85947036564, -12.90861011093, 118.91172378914),
+       (-68.54618721656, -14.44516705927, 118.61404198996),
+       (-68.20044740283, -15.95503981856, 118.28621691953),
+       (-67.82439084537, -17.43618251348, 117.93050381741),
+       (-67.42018430873, -18.88699343893, 117.54919035943),
+       (-66.38758251206, -22.29350540161, 116.57795367665),
+       (-65.73413448053, -24.21919416036, 115.96554908806),
+       (-65.03556391343, -26.07956263873, 115.31370192302),
+       (-64.29648522575, -27.87744521951, 114.62724902124),
+       (-63.52042791056, -29.61397650413, 113.91024118834),
+       (-62.71277001846, -31.2871331673, 113.16847249966),
+       (-61.87901674025, -32.89613508726, 112.4077395496),
+       (-61.02226890253, -34.44424317029, 111.63151855295),
+       (-60.14386048877, -35.93622309031, 110.841629897),
+       (-59.24623340527, -37.37387103089, 110.04091803203),
+       (-58.33313678246, -38.756819007, 109.23340236149),
+       (-57.40516397009, -40.08965381341, 108.42014822445),
+       (-55.01642244455, -43.34968716212, 106.34685334397),
+       (-53.53813210335, -45.21002358427, 105.08230356996),
+       (-52.03458081272, -46.96355473328, 103.81650090025),
+       (-50.50977333246, -48.61777575741, 102.55504546095),
+       (-48.96692322622, -50.17949288551, 101.30260097008),
+       (-47.40801072014, -51.65517742458, 100.06277532323),
+       (-45.83395649691, -53.05076391735, 98.838417665337),
+       (-44.24537288755, -54.37123987567, 97.632189028576),
+       (-42.64319994423, -55.62048722024, 96.446976549361),
+       (-41.02853017217, -56.80167054344, 95.285780596074),
+       (-39.40157208613, -57.91802439479, 94.15110945761),
+       (-37.76099941739, -58.97317114245, 93.044667943398),
+       (-33.51657488475, -61.52870256173, 90.285109332808),
+       (-30.89322834847, -62.94313830978, 88.677041723595),
+       (-28.23238814008, -64.22251443102, 87.15321189152),
+       (-25.55002271787, -65.36600940426, 85.732620462342),
+       (-22.80465037824, -66.39367032451, 84.407541386373),
+       (-20.07652968241, -67.27260606721, 83.231827543651),
+       (-17.27816204332, -68.0519427367, 82.167075623263),
+       (-14.44812618974, -68.69718956814, 81.25538726298),
+       (-11.58521735637, -69.2186257426, 80.51004437835),
+       (-8.697808521544, -69.60868640648, 79.943540692506),
+       (-5.807821595725, -69.86923851767, 79.563401742733),
+       (-2.906442029202, -70.00000000001, 79.372539331945),
+       (0.372271370757, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331937),
+       (0.762465017147, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331936),
+       (1.17058093917, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331935),
+       (1.596619136825, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331934),
+       (2.040579610114, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331932),
+       (2.502462359036, -69.99999999999, 79.372539331931),
+       (2.982267383591, -69.99999999998, 79.37253933193),
+       (3.479994683778, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331929),
+       (3.995644259599, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331927),
+       (4.529216111052, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331926),
+       (5.080710238139, -69.99999999998, 79.372539331925),
+       (5.650126640858, -69.99999999997, 79.372539331923),
+       (6.23746531921, -69.99999999997, 79.372539331922)]
  Uu = (-3.932977778518,
- 1.445001333941e-14,
- 14.427668850884,
- 34.626262491172,
- 65.717581403178,
- 114.40570375563,
- 120.64191760942)
+        1.445001333941e-14,
+        14.427668850884,
+        34.626262491172,
+        65.717581403178,
+        114.40570375563,
+        120.64191760942)
  mult = (14, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 14)
  U = [Uu[i] for i in range(len(Uu)) for j in range(mult[i])]

@@ -376,3 +375,4 @@ def example7():

 if __name__ == "__main__":
  example7()
+  pylab.show()
--- a/examples/tui.py
+++ b/examples/tui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Example tui.
+
+:Date: 2020-01-12
+
+.. module:: tui
+  :platform: *nix, Windows
+  :synopsis: Example tui.
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke <daniel.weschke@directbox.de>
+"""
+
+import curses
+import locale
+from pylib.data import seq
+from pylib.function import sine_wave, cosine_wave, hypotrochoid, to_str
+from pylib.tui import TUI
+
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+CODE = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+
+def standard_text(window):
+  window.text(
+    "1 - Show test page\n" +
+    "2 - Show Hypotrochoid example\n" +
+    "h - Show help page\n" +
+    "q - Exit", 1, 2)
+
+def help_text(window, tui, str_width_height):
+  screen_height, screen_width = window.getmaxyx()
+  last_screen_row = screen_height - 1
+
+  tui.color_table()  # print colors
+
+  window.text("screen width and height", 1, last_screen_row-3)
+  window.text("\u2502", 3, last_screen_row-2)  # \u2502
+  window.text("\u2502", 3, last_screen_row-1)  # \u2193 v
+
+  window.text("last pressed key as Unicode code point", len(str_width_height)+2, last_screen_row-2)
+  window.text("\u2502", 1+len(str_width_height)+1, last_screen_row-1)
+
+  num_reloads = "number of screen reloads\u256e"
+  # screen_width-1-len(num_reloads.encode('utf-16'))//2
+  window.text(num_reloads, screen_width-1-len(num_reloads), last_screen_row-1)
+
+def test_text(window):
+  window.text("Test page", 1, 2)
+
+def full_text(window, t):
+  #window.clear()
+  screen_height, screen_width = window.getmaxyx()
+
+  # Sine
+  f = sine_wave(A=0.5, k=0.1, D=0.5)
+  frame = to_str(f, x_0=0, x_1=1, h=screen_height-2, w=screen_width, t=t)
+
+  # Turtle
+  import drawille
+  turtle = drawille.Turtle()
+  for _ in range(36):
+    turtle.right(10 + t)
+    for _ in range(0, 36):
+      turtle.right(10)
+      turtle.forward(8)
+  frame = turtle.frame()
+  # size for forward 1: width 11+1, height 6
+  # size for forward 2: width 23+1, height 12
+  # size for forward 5: width 57+1, height 30
+  # size for forward 6: width 69+1, height 36
+  # size for forward 10: width 114+1, height 58
+  #                  n        12*n         6*n
+
+  # Hypotrochoid
+  demo = 2
+  c = drawille.Canvas()
+  R = 20
+  r = 6
+  d = 30
+  if demo == 1:
+    r = int(t/50)%19+1
+    x, y, theta = hypotrochoid(R, r, d)
+    for i in seq(0, theta[1]*0.98, theta[1]/10000):
+      c.set(x(i+t), y(i+t))
+    a = R+d+1 # R-r+d+1
+    frame = c.frame(min_x=-a, max_x=a, min_y=-a, max_y=a)
+  if demo == 2:
+    d = int(t)%21
+    x, y, theta = hypotrochoid(R, r, d)
+    for i in seq(0, theta[1]*0.98, theta[1]/5000):
+      c.set(x(i+t), y(i+t))
+    a = 2*R # R-r+d+1
+    frame = c.frame(min_x=-a, max_x=a, min_y=-a, max_y=a)
+
+  window.text(frame, padding_top=1, color_pair=10)
+  window.text("R=%2s r=%2s d=%2s" % (R, r, d), 1, int(a/2)+2)
+
+def win_charts_line(window, f_list, x_0, x_1, w, t, color_pairs, densities):
+  win_chart_line, _ = window.textbox(height=8, width=52, y=9, x=5, borders=True)
+  # width 100 pixel / 2 pixels/column = 50 columns
+  for f, color_pair, density in zip(f_list, color_pairs, densities):
+    frame = to_str(f, x_0=x_0, x_1=x_1, h=6, w=w, t=t, density=density)
+    win_chart_line.text(frame, color_pair=color_pair)
+
+def win_chart_histogram(window, f, x_0, x_1, w, t):
+  newwin2, _ = window.textbox(height=4, width=52, y=9+8, x=5, borders=True)
+
+  #frame2 = function_frame(f, x_0=x_0, x_1=x_1, h=2, w=w, t=t, char_set="histogram")
+  frame2 = to_str(f, x_0=x_0, x_1=x_1, h=2, w=w, t=t, char_set="histogram")
+  newwin2.text(frame2, color_pair=3)
+  frame3 = to_str(f, x_0=x_0, x_1=x_1, h=2, w=w, t=t, density=0.5, char_set="histogram")
+  newwin2.text(frame3, color_pair=4)
+
+def main(delay=1):
+  """
+  no window change for mouse events and resize events.
+  """
+  tui = TUI(delay)
+  initscr = tui.initscr
+  try:
+    tui.last_pressed_ch = 0                                                        # getch() Note that the integer returned does not have to be in ASCII range: function keys, keypad keys and so on return numbers higher than 256.
+    tui.last_pressed_mouse_ch = 0
+    i = 1
+    while True:
+      tui.clear()
+
+      screen_height, screen_width = initscr.getmaxyx()
+      str_width_height = str(screen_width) + 'x' + str(screen_height)          # width and height of the screen
+      footer_left = [str_width_height, str(tui.last_pressed_ch)]                   # and last pressed key as char integer ( Unicode code point)
+      i += 1                                                                   # number of screen reloads
+      initscr.border("Python curses in action!", footer_left, str(i))
+
+      if tui.last_pressed_ch == ord('1'):
+        test_text(initscr)
+
+      elif tui.last_pressed_ch == ord('2'):
+        full_text(initscr, i)
+
+      elif tui.last_pressed_ch == ord('h'):
+        help_text(initscr, tui, str_width_height)
+
+      elif tui.last_pressed_ch == ord('q'):
+        break
+
+      else:
+        standard_text(initscr)
+
+        x_0 = 0
+        x_1 = 1  # TODO
+        w = 50
+        t = i/100
+
+        # define function normed to the range of [0, 1]
+        y_1 = sine_wave(A=.5, k=.1, D=.5)
+        y_1_2 = sine_wave(A=.5, k=.1, f=1+1/3, phi=30, D=.5, degree=True)
+        y_1_3 = sine_wave(A=.5, k=.1, f=1+2/3, phi=60, D=.5, degree=True)
+        y_2 = cosine_wave(A=.5, k=.1, f=2, D=.5)
+        win_charts_line(initscr, [y_1, y_1_2, y_1_3, y_2], x_0, x_1, w, t, [209, 215, 221, 227], [5, 5, 5, 5])
+        #win_charts_line(initscr, [y_1, y_1_2, y_1_3, y_2], x_0, x_1, w, t, [10, 7, 7, 7], [5, 1, 1, 1])
+        #y_2 = cosine_wave(A=0.5, k=0.2, f=2, D=0.5)
+        #win_charts_line(initscr, [y_1, y_2], x_0, x_1, w, t, [10, 7], [5, 1])
+        win_chart_histogram(initscr, y_1, x_0, x_1, w, t)
+
+        # mouse event has occurred
+        if tui.last_pressed_mouse_ch == curses.KEY_MOUSE:
+          try:
+            _, mx, my, _, _ = curses.getmouse()
+            initscr.text("Mouse pos " + str(mx) + " " + str(my), 1, 6)
+            initscr.text(initscr.instr(my, mx, 5), mx, my, color_pair=5)
+          except curses.error:
+            pass
+
+      # std content
+      # cursor position (last addstr is cursor position)
+      if tui.cursor_visibility > 0:
+        initscr.text("", 1, 6)
+
+      tui.refresh()  # update the screen
+      tui.getch()
+
+  except Exception as e:
+    import traceback
+    print('\n'.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
+
+  finally:
+    tui.end()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  import sys
+  if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    main(sys.argv[1])
+  else:
+    main()
--- a/pylib/init.py
+++ b/pylib/init.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ project_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 parent_dir = os.path.dirname(project_dir)
 vendor_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'vendor')

-sys.path.append(vendor_dir)
+if vendor_dir not in sys.path:
+  sys.path.append(vendor_dir)

 # Now you can import any library located in the "vendor" folder!
 # import drawille
--- a/pylib/geometry_plot_pylab.py
+++ b/pylib/geometry_plot_pylab.py
@@ -145,7 +145,37 @@ def cad_wireframe(world, centering=True):

  plot_post(ax)

-  def press(event, world, lps):
+  #  'rotate: ←left, right, up, down, ctrl+left, ctrl+right\n' +
+  #  'pan:    shift+left, shift+right, shift+up, shift+down\n' +
+  #  'zoom:   ctrl+up, ctrl+down\n' +
+  #  'view:   f (front), l (left), r (right), t (top), b (bottom)\n' +
+  #  '        i (isometric), d (dimetric)',
+  h_open = pylab.text(
+    0+.01, 1-.015,
+    'rotate: [←], [→], [↑], [↓], [Ctrl][←], [Ctrl][→]\n' +
+    'pan:    [Shift][←], [Shift][→], [Shift][↑], [Shift][↓]\n' +
+    'zoom:   [Ctrl][↑], [Ctrl][↓]\n' +
+    'view:   [f]ront, [l]eft, [r]ight, [t]op, [b]ottom\n' +
+    '        [i]sometric, [d]imetric',
+    color='#2280c0',
+    horizontalalignment='left',
+    verticalalignment='top',
+    transform=fig.transFigure,
+    bbox=dict(facecolor='black', edgecolor='#196090', alpha=0.5),
+    family='monospace'
+    )
+  h_close = pylab.text(
+    0+.01, 1-.015, '[h]elp',
+    color='#2280c0',
+    horizontalalignment='left',
+    verticalalignment='top',
+    transform=fig.transFigure,
+    bbox=dict(facecolor='black', edgecolor='#196090', alpha=0.5),
+    family='monospace',
+    visible=False
+    )
+
+  def press(event, world, lps, h_open, h_close):
    #print('key pressed:', event.key)
    #sys.stdout.flush()
    if event.key in [
@@ -215,6 +245,10 @@ def cad_wireframe(world, centering=True):
        world.scale(0.9)
      for i, j in zip(lps, world.wireframes_xy()):
        i.set_data(j)
+    if event.key == 'h':
+      visible = h_open.get_visible()
+      h_open.set_visible(not visible)
+      h_close.set_visible(visible)
    fig.canvas.draw()

  def onresize(event, w):
@@ -223,26 +257,8 @@ def cad_wireframe(world, centering=True):
    pylab.ylim((-r, r))

  fig.canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event',
-                         lambda event: press(event, world, lps))
+                         lambda event: press(event, world, lps,
+                                             h_open, h_close))
  fig.canvas.mpl_connect('resize_event',
                         lambda event: onresize(event, world))
-
-  #  'rotate: ←left, right, up, down, ctrl+left, ctrl+right\n' +
-  #  'pan:    shift+left, shift+right, shift+up, shift+down\n' +
-  #  'zoom:   ctrl+up, ctrl+down\n' +
-  #  'view:   f (front), l (left), r (right), t (top), b (bottom)\n' +
-  #  '        i (isometric), d (dimetric)',
-  pylab.text(
-    0+.01, 1-.015,
-    'rotate: [←], [→], [↑], [↓], [Ctrl][←], [Ctrl][→]\n' +
-    'pan:    [Shift][←], [Shift][→], [Shift][↑], [Shift][↓]\n' +
-    'zoom:   [Ctrl][↑], [Ctrl][↓]\n' +
-    'view:   [f]ront, [l]eft, [r]ight, [t]op, [b]ottom\n' +
-    '        [i]sometric, [d]imetric',
-    horizontalalignment='left',
-    verticalalignment='top',
-    transform=fig.transFigure,
-    bbox=dict(facecolor='black', alpha=0.5),
-    family='monospace'
-    )
  pylab.show()
--- a/pylib/helper.py
+++ b/pylib/helper.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@

 .. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke <daniel.weschke@directbox.de>
 """
+import os
 import time
 from contextlib import ContextDecorator

@@ -46,3 +47,43 @@ class timeit(ContextDecorator):
    elapsed_time_ms = (time.time() - self.start_time) * 1000
    print('{:s} took {:.3f} ms'.format(self.description, elapsed_time_ms))
    return False
+
+class cd:
+  """Context manager for changing the current working directory
+
+  :param new_path: the directory to change into
+  :type new_path: string
+
+  :Example:
+
+  ::
+
+    # enter the directory and run some code:
+    with cd("~/tmp"):
+      # we are now in ~/tmp
+      # code
+    # outside the context manager we are back where we started.
+  """
+  def __init__(self, new_path):
+    self.new_path = os.path.expanduser(new_path)
+
+  def __enter__(self):
+    self.saved_path = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir(self.new_path)
+
+  def __exit__(self, etype, value, traceback):
+    os.chdir(self.saved_path)
+
+def run_file(file_name):
+  """Run a file.
+
+  Inside a pythin interpreter it changes to the directory of the
+  file and after excuting the file it changes back to the working
+  directory before.
+
+  :param file_name: the file to execute
+  :type file_name: string
+  """
+  workdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file_name))
+  with cd(workdir):
+    exec(open(file_name).read())
--- a/pylib/mathematics.py
+++ b/pylib/mathematics.py
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ class matrix(list):
  """

  def __getitem__(self, index):
-    """
+    r"""
    For index return value, for range return new vector object.

    :Example:
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ class matrix(list):
    :Example:

    >>> m = matrix.zeros(3, 3)
-    >>> print(m)\
+    >>> print(m)
    [[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]]
    """
    return matrix([[0. for i in range(n)] for j in range(m)])
--- a/pylib/tui.py
+++ b/pylib/tui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""TUI module.
+
+:Date: 2020-01-10
+
+.. module:: tui
+  :platform: *nix, Windows
+  :synopsis: TUI module.
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Daniel Weschke <daniel.weschke@directbox.de>
+"""
+# TODO: two classes to distinguish between curses (main tui) and
+#       window (to handle sub windows)?
+# TODO: width resizing, min width now 6 because of text and border
+# TODO: height resizing, min height
+import sys
+import curses
+
+
+def newwin(height, width, y, x):
+  win = Window()
+  win.window = curses.newwin(height, width, y, x)
+  return win
+
+
+class StdOutWrapper:
+  """Send print to stdout (print to the standard console).
+
+  usage:
+
+  ::
+
+    # catch all prints into StdOutWrapper
+    mystdout = StdOutWrapper()
+    sys.stdout = mystdout
+    sys.stderr = mystdout
+
+    # begin curses (curses.initscr())
+
+    # do your stuff here
+    # print("foo")
+    # you can also output mystdout.get_text() in a ncurses widget in
+    # runtime
+
+    # end curses (curses.endwin())
+
+    # go back to normal state and print all catched prints to stdout
+    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+    sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
+    sys.stdout.write(mystdout.get_text())
+
+  source:
+    https://stackoverflow.com/a/14010948
+  """
+  text = ""
+  def write(self, txt):
+    self.text += txt
+    self.text = '\n'.join(self.text.split('\n')[-30:])
+  def get_text(self):
+    return '\n'.join(self.text.split('\n'))
+  #def get_text(self,beg,end):
+  #    return '\n'.join(self.text.split('\n')[beg:end])
+
+
+class TUI:
+  """TUI text-based user interface
+
+  initscr is the encapsulation window object of the stdscr
+  stdsc is the curses.initscr
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self, delay=5):
+    """
+    :param delay: sets the curses.halfdelay, value between 1 and 255.
+    :param type: int
+    """
+    if not isinstance(delay, int):
+      try:
+        delay = int(delay)
+      except ValueError:
+        print("TUI(delay)")
+        print("Could not convert the argument to an integer.")
+
+    # catch all prints into StdOutWrapper
+    self.stdout = StdOutWrapper()
+    sys.stdout = self.stdout
+    sys.stderr = self.stdout
+
+    # Define the appearance of some interface elements
+    hotkey_attr = curses.A_BOLD | curses.A_UNDERLINE
+    menu_attr = curses.A_NORMAL
+
+    self.initscr = Window()
+    self.initscr.initscr()
+    self.stdscr = self.initscr.window
+    #print(type(self.stdscr))
+    #print(type(self.initscr))
+
+    try:
+      curses.cbreak()
+      curses.halfdelay(delay)              # How many tenths of a second are waited, from 1 to 255
+      #stdscr.nodelay(1)
+      curses.noecho()
+      self.cursor_visibility = 0           # Set the cursor state. visibility can be set to 0, 1, or 2, for invisible, normal, or very visible.
+      curses.curs_set(self.cursor_visibility)
+      self.stdscr.keypad(1)
+      curses.mousemask(1)                  # activate mouse events
+
+      # init colors
+      if curses.has_colors():
+        curses.start_color()  # initializes 8 basic colors. 0:black, 1:red, 2:green, 3:yellow, 4:blue, 5:magenta, 6:cyan, and 7:white.
+        curses.use_default_colors()
+        for i in range(0, curses.COLORS):
+          curses.init_pair(i + 1, i, -1)  # Color pair 0 is hard-wired to white on black, and cannot be changed.
+    except: pass
+
+    self.last_pressed_ch = 0                                                        # getch() Note that the integer returned does not have to be in ASCII range: function keys, keypad keys and so on return numbers higher than 256.
+    self.last_pressed_mouse_ch = 0
+
+  def refresh(self):
+    self.initscr.refresh()  # update the screen
+
+  def getch(self):
+    # keep last key value
+    last_pressed_ch_current = self.initscr.getch()
+    if last_pressed_ch_current != curses.ERR:
+      # keep last key while window resizing
+      if last_pressed_ch_current == curses.KEY_MOUSE:
+        self.last_pressed_mouse_ch = last_pressed_ch_current
+      if last_pressed_ch_current in [curses.KEY_MOUSE, curses.KEY_RESIZE]:
+        pass
+      else:
+        self.last_pressed_ch = last_pressed_ch_current
+
+  def color_table(self, window=None):
+    """Print all available colors with default background.
+    Check if curses.has_colors() is True.
+    """
+    # TODO: position
+    # FIXME: use own text method?
+    # FIXME: build full str first and then print?
+    if not curses.has_colors():
+      return
+    if window is None:
+      window = self.stdscr
+
+    window.addstr(2, 1, '{0} colors available'.format(curses.COLORS))
+    if curses.can_change_color():
+      window.addstr(' (can change color: {0})'.format(curses.can_change_color()))
+    _, maxx = window.getmaxyx()
+    step_size = 4
+    maxx = maxx - maxx % step_size
+    x = 0
+    y = 3
+    try:
+      for i in range(0, curses.COLORS):
+        window.addstr(y, x, '{0:{1}}'.format(i, step_size), curses.color_pair(i))
+        x = (x + step_size) % maxx
+        if x == 0:
+          y += 1
+    except:
+      # End of screen reached
+      pass
+
+  def color_def(self):
+    if curses.can_change_color():  # if True curses.init_color(color_number, r, g, b) can be used
+      pass
+      # changes colors for the terminal also after closing the program.
+      #curses.color_content(0)
+      #tmp = curses.color_content(1)
+      #print(curses.color_content(1))
+      #curses.init_color(0, 1000, 0, 0)  # color_number = init_pair number - 1 (maybe because init_pair number 0 is hard-wired and not changeable)
+      #curses.init_color(1, 1000, 500, 1000)
+      #print(curses.color_content(1))
+      #curses.init_color(1, *tmp)
+      #print(curses.color_content(1))
+
+  def clear(self):
+    self.stdscr.clear()
+
+  def end(self):
+    """clean up"""
+    self.stdscr.clear()
+    curses.nocbreak()
+    self.stdscr.keypad(0)
+    curses.echo()
+    curses.endwin()
+
+    # go back to normal state and print all catched prints to stdout
+    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+    sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
+    sys.stdout.write(self.stdout.get_text())
+
+
+class Window:
+  """Window
+  """
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.window = None
+
+  def initscr(self):
+    self.window = curses.initscr()
+
+  def derwin(self, height, width, y, x):
+    win = Window()
+    win.window = self.window.derwin(height, width, y, x)
+    return win
+
+  def clear(self):
+    return self.window.clear()
+
+  def getmaxyx(self):
+    return self.window.getmaxyx()
+
+  def getch(self):
+    return self.window.getch()
+
+  def instr(self, y, x, n):
+    return self.window.instr(y, x, n).decode()
+
+  def text(self, string, padding_left=0, padding_top=0, attribute=0, color_pair=0):
+    r"""Test to screen. If multiline than keep the x position for
+    each new line.
+
+    :Example:
+
+    ::
+
+      text(stdscr, 2, 1, "1 - Show test page")
+      text(stdscr, 3, 1, "h - Show help page")
+      text(stdscr, 4, 1, "q - Exit")
+
+      text(stdscr, 2, 1,
+           "1 - Show test page\\n" +
+           "h - Show help page\\n" +
+           "q - Exit")
+
+    .. note::
+      Writing in the last char of the window (last row bottom and
+      last column right) is suppressed
+    """
+    win_height, win_width = self.window.getmaxyx()
+    if win_width-padding_left < 2:  # unicode can have 2 char width
+      return
+    yi = padding_top
+    #for row in string.split("\n"):
+    #  window.addnstr(yi, x, row, win_width-x-1, curses.color_pair(9))  # 5
+    #  yi += 1
+    for row in string.split("\n"):  # TODO: os.linesep?
+      xi = padding_left
+      for char in row:
+        # write only inside the window
+        if not yi >= win_height and not xi >= win_width:
+          # do not write in the last char of window (last row bottom and last column right)
+          # unicodes may use multiple chars, this will raise an error for the last char in the window
+          if yi == win_height-1 and xi >= win_width-1:
+            break
+          #if yi == win_height-1 and xi >= win_width-1:
+          #  try:
+          #    char.encode("ascii")
+          #  except UnicodeEncodeError:
+          #    break
+
+          # dont add str if empty braille char or simple space character
+          if char != chr(0x2800) and char != " " and xi < win_width and yi < win_height:
+            self.window.addstr(yi, xi, char, attribute|curses.color_pair(color_pair))
+        xi += 1
+      yi += 1
+
+  def border(self, title="", footer_left="", footer_right="", style="horizontal"):
+    """Set border around the window with optional title and footer
+    labels.
+
+    :param window: the window to draw a border
+    :type window: curses.window
+    :param title: the title for the window (default = "")
+    :type title: str
+    :param footer_left: the footer label (default = ""). If footer_left
+      is a list than every element of the list will be printed sperated
+      by one column. This is useful to not overwright the border with a
+      space character.
+    :type footer_left: str or list
+    """
+    win_height, win_width = self.window.getmaxyx()
+    if win_width < 3:
+      return
+
+    if isinstance(style, str):
+      if style == "horizontal":
+        self.window.border(
+          ' ',
+          ' ',
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+          curses.ACS_HLINE,
+        )
+      elif style == "full":
+        self.window.border(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, )
+    else:  # list
+      self.window.border(*style)
+
+    if title:
+      self.text(title, 1)
+
+    if footer_left:
+      last_win_row = win_height - 1
+      if isinstance(footer_left, str):
+        self.text(footer_left, 1, last_win_row)
+      else:  # list
+        pos = 1
+        for footer_left_i in footer_left:
+          self.text(footer_left_i, pos, win_height-1)
+          pos += len(footer_left_i)+1
+
+    if footer_right:
+      self.text(footer_right, win_width - 1 - len(footer_right), last_win_row)
+
+  def textbox(self, height, width, y, x, borders=False):
+    """Add sub window.
+
+    :param parent_window: the parent window
+    :type parent_window: curses.window
+    :param height: the height of the sub window. The reference point of
+      the sub window is the top left corner.
+    :type height: int
+    :param width: the width of the sub window. The reference point of
+      the sub window is the top left corner.
+    :type width: int
+    :param y: the y coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from
+      the top.
+    :type y: int
+    :param x: the x coordinate (position) of the sub window. Start from
+      the left.
+    :returns: the sub window content and decoration
+    :rtype: (curses.window, curses.window)
+    """
+    # TODO: not to work with two window object but one with the
+    #       possibility to access the derwin(s). Either self.derwins
+    #       or another DoubleWindow class for border and text or do it
+    #       in this class?
+    screen_height, screen_width = self.window.getmaxyx()
+    newwin_width = screen_width-x if x+width > screen_width else width
+    newwin_height = screen_height-y if y+height > screen_height else height
+    if newwin_width > 0 and newwin_height > 0:
+      win = self.derwin(newwin_height, newwin_width, y, x)
+      if borders:
+        win.border(style="full")
+        if newwin_width-2 > 0 and newwin_height-1 > 0:
+          subwin = win.derwin(newwin_height-1, newwin_width-2, 1, 1)
+          return subwin, win  # text and border
+        return newwin(1, 1, 0, 0), win  # only border, no text (top left 1 char)
+      return win, newwin(1, 1, 0, 0)  # only text, no border (top left 1 char)
+    return newwin(1, 1, 0, 0), newwin(1, 1, 0, 0)  # no border and no text (top left 1 char)
+
+  def refresh(self):
+    self.window.refresh()