#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Urwid terminal emulation widget example app
#    Copyright (C) 2010  aszlig
#
#    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#
#    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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#
# Urwid web site: http://excess.org/urwid/

import urwid

def main():
    event_loop = urwid.SelectEventLoop()

    mainframe = urwid.Frame(
        urwid.Columns([
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.SolidFill('|')),
            urwid.Pile([
                ('weight', 70, urwid.TerminalWidget(None, event_loop)),
                ('fixed', 1, urwid.Filler(urwid.Edit('focus test edit: '))),
            ]),
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.SolidFill('|')),
        ], box_columns=[1]),
        header=urwid.Columns([
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.Text('.,:')),
            urwid.Divider('-'),
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.Text(':,.')),
        ]),
        footer=urwid.Columns([
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.Text('`"*')),
            urwid.Divider('-'),
            ('fixed', 3, urwid.Text('*"\'')),
        ]),
    )

    def quit(key):
        if key in ('q', 'Q'):
            raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()

    loop = urwid.MainLoop(
        mainframe,
        handle_mouse=False,
        unhandled_input=quit,
        event_loop=event_loop
    ).run()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

@@ -959,24 +959,75 @@
 ventLoop()%0A%0A
+    term = urwid.TerminalWidget(None, event_loop)%0A%0A
     mainfram
@@ -1175,46 +1175,12 @@
 70, 
-urwid.TerminalWidget(None, event_loop)
+term
 ),%0A 
@@ -1703,81 +1703,182 @@
 uit(
-key):%0A        if key in ('q', 'Q'):%0A            raise urwid.ExitMainLoop(
+*args, **kwargs):%0A        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()%0A%0A    def handle_key(key):%0A        if key in ('q', 'Q'):%0A            quit()%0A%0A    urwid.connect_signal(term, 'closed', quit
 )%0A%0A 
@@ -1974,20 +1974,26 @@
 d_input=
-quit
+handle_key
 ,%0A      

Quit example app when the terminal exits.