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diff --git a/docs/source/api/interface.rst b/docs/source/api/interface.rst index 7babae93..50e8baec 100644 --- a/docs/source/api/interface.rst +++ b/docs/source/api/interface.rst @@ -15,22 +15,13 @@ key presses to the wrapped root widget and thereby accessing standard urwid behaviour. In order to keep the interface non-blocking and react to events like -terminal size changes, alot makes use of twisted's deferred_ - a -framework that makes it easy to deal with callbacks. Many commands in alot make use of -`inline callbacks`_, which allow you to treat deferred-returning functions almost like -syncronous functions. Consider the following example of a function that prompts for some -input and acts on it: - -.. _deferred: http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/defer.html -.. _`inline callbacks`: http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/8.1.0/api/twisted.internet.defer.html#inlineCallbacks +terminal size changes, alot makes use of asyncio - which allows asynchronous calls +without the use of callbacks. Alot makes use of the python 3.5 async/await syntax .. code-block:: python - from twisted.internet import defer - - @defer.inlineCallbacks - def greet(ui): # ui is instance of alot.ui.UI - name = yield ui.prompt('pls enter your name') + async def greet(ui): # ui is instance of alot.ui.UI + name = await ui.prompt('pls enter your name') ui.notify('your name is: ' + name) |