window.timeout(delay) Set blocking or non-blocking read behavior for the window. If delay is negative, blocking read

os.getppid() Return the parent’s process id. When the parent process has exited, on Unix the id returned is the one of the init

os.makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False) Recursive directory creation function. Like mkdir(), but makes all

ctypes.addressof(obj) Returns the address of the memory buffer as integer. obj must be an instance of a ctypes type

st_blksize “Preferred” blocksize for efficient file system I/O. Writing to a file in smaller chunks may cause an inefficient

os.confstr(name) Return string-valued system configuration values. name specifies the configuration value to retrieve;

os.WTERMSIG(status) Return the signal which caused the process to exit. Availability: Unix.

window.attron(attr) Add attribute attr from the “background” set applied to all writes to the current window.

curses.update_lines_cols() Update LINES and COLS. Useful for detecting manual screen resize.

curses.panel.new_panel(win) Returns a panel object, associating it with the given window win. Be aware that you need