old_contents: import curses
  
  import cursesmenu.curses_menu
  from cursesmenu.curses_menu import MenuItem
  
  
  class ExternalItem(MenuItem):
      """
      A base class for items that need to do stuff on the console outside of curses mode.
      Sets the terminal back to standard mode until the action is done.
      Should probably be subclassed.
      """
  
      def __init__(self, text, menu=None, should_exit=False):
          # Here so Sphinx doesn't copy extraneous info from the superclass's docstring
          super(ExternalItem, self).__init__(
              text=text,
              menu=menu,
              should_exit=should_exit,
          )
  
      def set_up(self):
          """
          This class overrides this method
          """
          self.menu.pause()
          curses.def_prog_mode()
          cursesmenu.curses_menu.clear_terminal()
          self.menu.clear_screen()
  
      def clean_up(self):
          """
          This class overrides this method
          """
          self.menu.clear_screen()
          curses.reset_prog_mode()
          curses.curs_set(1)  # reset doesn't do this right
          curses.curs_set(0)
          self.menu.resume()
  
new_contents: import curses
  
  import cursesmenu.curses_menu
  from cursesmenu.curses_menu import MenuItem
  
  
  class ExternalItem(MenuItem):
      """
      A base class for items that need to do stuff on the console outside of curses mode.
      Sets the terminal back to standard mode until the action is done.
      Should probably be subclassed.
      """
  
      def set_up(self):
          """
          This class overrides this method
          """
          self.menu.pause()
          curses.def_prog_mode()
          cursesmenu.curses_menu.clear_terminal()
          self.menu.clear_screen()
  
      def clean_up(self):
          """
          This class overrides this method
          """
          self.menu.clear_screen()
          curses.reset_prog_mode()
          curses.curs_set(1)  # reset doesn't do this right
          curses.curs_set(0)
          self.menu.resume()
  
subject: remove unnecessary constructor