Tweak curses.wrapper so it initializes colors if they are available.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/curses/wrapper.py b/Lib/curses/wrapper.py
index e7e7bb6af8..51fb7240dc 100644
--- a/Lib/curses/wrapper.py
+++ b/Lib/curses/wrapper.py
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ def wrapper(func, *rest):
 	# a special value like curses.KEY_LEFT will be returned
         stdscr.keypad(1)
 
+        # Start color, too.  Harmless if the terminal doesn't have
+        # color; user can test with has_color() later on.  The try/catch
+        # works around a minor bit of over-conscientiousness in the curses
+        # module -- the error return from C start_color() is ignorable.
+        try:
+            curses.start_color()
+        except:
+            pass
+
         res = apply(func, (stdscr,) + rest)
     except:
 	# In the event of an error, restore the terminal