Cursor blinks on first line. Not sure how I feel about this.

rtv/subreddit.py

@@ -16,15 +16,10 @@ class SubredditViewer(BaseViewer):
         self._n_cols = None
         self._title_window = None
         self._content_window = None
-        self._sub_windows = None
 
         super(SubredditViewer, self).__init__(subreddit_content)
         self.draw()
 
-    @property
-    def n_subwindows(self):
-        return len(self._sub_windows)
-
     def loop(self):
         while True:
             cmd = self.stdscr.getch()
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ class SubredditViewer(BaseViewer):
 
         n_rows, n_cols = self._content_window.getmaxyx()
         self._content_window.erase()
-        self._sub_windows = []
+        self._subwindows = []
 
         page_index, cursor_index, inverted = self.nav.position
         step = self.nav.step
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ class SubredditViewer(BaseViewer):
             start = current_row - window_rows if inverted else current_row
             window = self._content_window.derwin(window_rows, n_cols, start, 0)
             self.draw_submission(window, data, inverted)
-            self._sub_windows.append(window)
+            self._subwindows.append(window)
             available_rows -= (window_rows + 1)  # Add one for the blank line
             current_row += step * (window_rows + 1)
             if available_rows <= 0:

rtv/utils.py

@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@ def curses_session():
             curses.echo()
             curses.nocbreak()
             curses.endwin()
-

rtv/viewer.py

@@ -74,14 +74,11 @@ class BaseViewer(object):
 
         self.content = content
         self.nav = Navigator(self.content.get)
+        self._subwindows = None
 
     def draw_content(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    @property
-    def n_subwindows(self):
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     def move_cursor_up(self):
         self._move_cursor(-1)
 
@@ -89,16 +86,18 @@ class BaseViewer(object):
         self._move_cursor(1)
 
     def add_cursor(self):
+        curses.curs_set(2)
         self._edit_cursor(curses.A_REVERSE)
 
     def remove_cursor(self):
+        curses.curs_set(0)
         self._edit_cursor(curses.A_NORMAL)
 
     def _move_cursor(self, direction):
 
         self.remove_cursor()
 
-        valid, redraw = self.nav.move(direction, self.n_subwindows)
+        valid, redraw = self.nav.move(direction, len(self._subwindows))
         if not valid:
             curses.flash()
         if redraw:
@@ -108,8 +107,11 @@ class BaseViewer(object):
 
     def _edit_cursor(self, attribute):
 
-        window = self._sub_windows[self.nav.cursor_index]
+        window = self._subwindows[self.nav.cursor_index]
+
         n_rows, _ = window.getmaxyx()
         for row in xrange(n_rows):
             window.chgat(row, 0, 1, attribute)
+        window.move(0, 0)
+
         window.refresh()