title: Trouble porting over python-2.7 curses to python-2.4
body: <p>I wrote my python code at home for 2.7, but now I'm trying to fix it to run on 2.4 here at work. </p>
  
  <p>The first is hline does not work for me. I have </p>
  
  <pre><code>stdscr.hline(0,0,'=',5)
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  <p>but it only prints out one <code>=</code> sign. </p>
  
  <p>Second is chgat does not work in </p>
  
  <pre><code>screen.chgat(0,0,-1,curses.color_pair(2)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>as it returns <code>AttributeError: chgat</code> </p>
  
  <p>Not sure how to disable cursors since </p>
  
  <pre><code>curses.curs_set(0)` doesn't work either.`enter code here`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can't find any documentation on curses for python 2.4.3 so I'm having trouble porting this over.</p>