import curses stdscr = curses.initscr() curses.noecho() curses.cbreak() curses.curs_set(0) stdscr.keypad(True) curses.start_color() SIMPLE = 1 ACTIVE = 2 curses.init_pair(SIMPLE, curses.COLOR_WHITE, curses.COLOR_BLACK) curses.init_pair(ACTIVE, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE) def draw(): stdscr.addstr(0, 0, "Hello World!", curses.color_pair(SIMPLE)) while(True): stdscr.clear() draw() stdscr.refresh() stdscr.getkey() curses.nocbreak() stdscr.keypad(False) curses.echo() curses.endwin()