Make the ncurses unicode check earlier

and improve the message.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/core.py b/src/core/core.py
index 05db7e0e..807ca0cc 100644
--- a/src/core/core.py
+++ b/src/core/core.py
@@ -494,19 +494,6 @@ class Core(object):
         Init curses, create the first tab, etc
         """
         self.stdscr = curses.initscr()
-        if not hasattr(self.stdscr, 'get_wch'):
-            curses.echo()
-            curses.endwin()
-            print('ERROR: The current python executable is linked with a '
-                  'ncurses version with no unicode capabilities.\nThis'
-                  ' means python was built on a system where readline'
-                  ' is linked against libncurses and not libncursesw.\n'
-                  'Please file a bug for your distribution or recompile'
-                  ' libreadline with -ltermcapw instead of -ltermcap, '
-                  'and then recompile python.\nPoezio is currently unable'
-                  ' to read your input or draw its interface properly, so'
-                  ' it will now exit.')
-            self.exit()
         self.init_curses(self.stdscr)
         self.call_for_resize()
         default_tab = tabs.RosterInfoTab()