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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/core/core.py | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/poezio.py | 28 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 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() diff --git a/src/poezio.py b/src/poezio.py index 9a26e135..1a5a257e 100644 --- a/src/poezio.py +++ b/src/poezio.py @@ -19,6 +19,29 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) import singleton +def test_curses(): + """ + Check if the system ncurses linked with python has unicode capabilities. + """ + import curses + if hasattr(curses, 'unget_wch'): + return True + print("""\ +ERROR: The current python executable is linked with a ncurses version that \ +has no unicode capabilities. + +This could mean that: + - python was built on a system where readline is linked against \ +libncurses and not libncursesw + - python was built without ncursesw headers available + +Please file a bug for your distribution or fix that on your system and then \ +recompile python. +Poezio is currently unable to read your input or draw its interface properly,\ + so it will now exit.""") + return False + + def main(): """ Enter point @@ -75,4 +98,7 @@ def main(): pass if __name__ == '__main__': - main() + if test_curses(): + main() + else: + sys.exit(1) |