curses - python

curses.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import curses

def init_screen():
    stdscr = curses.initscr()
    curses.echo()
    curses.nocbreak()
    curses.start_color()
    curses.use_default_colors()
    curses.raw()
    return stdscr
    
stdscr = init_screen()
user_input = ""
while not "exit" in user_input:
    key = stdscr.getch()
    if key == 8 or key == 127 or key == curses.KEY_BACKSPACE:
        stdscr.addstr("\b  \b")
    else:
        user_input += chr(key)
exit(0)