[Urwid] simple layout - howto?

[Ian Ward]

Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Ian Ward wrote:
> 
>> you can read the user's input with user_input.get_edit_text(), modify 
>> the status bar with status_bar.set_text() and change the content by 
>> modifying the content_list (using in-place editing, not assignment).
> 
> by in-place editing you mean changing an element of the content list? 
> For example in my code there is a content list with four elements.  I 
> wasn't seeing every visible changes until I changed one of the elements 
> to the new content.
> 
> 

see:
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-mutable.html

When you pass a list into a ListBox or Pile widget it keeps a reference 
to that list. If you want your changes to appear in the ListBox or Pile 
you need to use in-place editing on that list.

Ian