old_contents: from __future__ import unicode_literals # convenient for Python 2
  import random
  
  from curtsies import FullscreenWindow, Input, FSArray
  from curtsies.fmtfuncs import red, bold, green, on_blue, yellow
  
  print(yellow('this prints normally, not to the alternate screen'))
  with FullscreenWindow() as window:
      with Input() as input_generator:
          msg = red(on_blue(bold('Press escape to exit')))
          a = FSArray(window.height, window.width)
          a[0:1, 0:msg.width] = [msg]
          window.render_to_terminal(a)
          for c in input_generator:
              if c == '<ESC>':
                  break
              elif c == '<SPACE>':
                  a = FSArray(window.height, window.width)
              else:
                  s = repr(c).decode()
                  row = random.choice(range(window.height))
                  column = random.choice(range(window.width-len(s)))
                  color = random.choice([red, green, on_blue, yellow])
                  a[row, column:column+len(s)] = [color(s)]
              window.render_to_terminal(a)
  
new_contents: from __future__ import unicode_literals # convenient for Python 2
  import random
  
  from curtsies import FullscreenWindow, Input, FSArray
  from curtsies.fmtfuncs import red, bold, green, on_blue, yellow
  
  print(yellow('this prints normally, not to the alternate screen'))
  with FullscreenWindow() as window:
      with Input() as input_generator:
          msg = red(on_blue(bold('Press escape to exit')))
          a = FSArray(window.height, window.width)
          a[0:1, 0:msg.width] = [msg]
          window.render_to_terminal(a)
          for c in input_generator:
              if c == '<ESC>':
                  break
              elif c == '<SPACE>':
                  a = FSArray(window.height, window.width)
              else:
                  s = repr(c)
                  row = random.choice(range(window.height))
                  column = random.choice(range(window.width-len(s)))
                  color = random.choice([red, green, on_blue, yellow])
                  a[row, column:column+len(s)] = [color(s)]
              window.render_to_terminal(a)
  
subject: fix example broken in main example