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| -rw-r--r-- | src/core/core.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/core.py b/src/core/core.py index 807ca0cc..05db7e0e 100644 --- a/src/core/core.py +++ b/src/core/core.py @@ -494,6 +494,19 @@ 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() |