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.. Revision 57769
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* A new method in the :mod:`curses` module: for a window, :meth:`chgat` changes
the display characters for a certain number of characters on a single line.
+ (Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.)
::
# Boldface text starting at y=0,x=21
# and affecting the rest of the line.
stdscr.chgat(0,21, curses.A_BOLD)
- (Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.)
+ The :class:`Textbox` class in the :mod:`curses.textpad` module
+ now supports editing in insert mode as well as overwrite mode.
+ Insert mode is enabled by supplying a true value for the *insert_mode*
+ parameter when creating the :class:`Textbox` instance.
* The :mod:`decimal` module was updated to version 1.66 of
`the General Decimal Specification <http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decarith.html>`__. New features