--- a/mamba/widgets/text.py	Thu Sep 15 23:25:02 2011 +0200
+++ b/mamba/widgets/text.py	Thu Sep 15 23:55:48 2011 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import pygame
-from pygame.constants import SRCALPHA, KEYDOWN
+from pygame.constants import (SRCALPHA, KEYDOWN, K_ESCAPE, K_RETURN, K_UP,
+        K_DOWN)
 
-from mamba.constants import COLOR, FONT_SIZE, FOCUS_COLOR
+from mamba.constants import COLOR, FONT_SIZE, FOCUS_COLOR, DELETE_KEYS
 from mamba.widgets.base import Widget, Button
 from mamba.data import filepath
 from mamba.constants import DEFAULT_FONT
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
     def __init__(self, rect, text, **kwargs):
         self.focus_color = kwargs.pop('focus_color', FOCUS_COLOR)
         self.prompt = kwargs.pop('prompt', 'Entry:')
+        self.value = text
         text = '%s %s' % (self.prompt, text)
         self.base_color = COLOR
         self.update_func = kwargs.pop('update', None)
@@ -78,11 +80,21 @@
             self.focus_color = pygame.Color(self.focus_color)
         self.focussable = True
         self.base_color = self.color
-        self.add_callback(KEYDOWN, self.update_func)
+        self.add_callback(KEYDOWN, self.update)
 
-    def update(self, new_value):
-        self.text = '%s %s' % (self.prompt, new_value)
-        self.prepare()
+    def update(self, ev, widget):
+        old_value = self.value
+        if ev.key in DELETE_KEYS:
+            if self.value:
+                self.value = self.value[:-1]
+        elif ev.key in (K_ESCAPE, K_RETURN, K_UP, K_DOWN):
+            return False  # ignore these
+        else:
+            self.value += ev.unicode
+        if old_value != self.value:
+            self.text = '%s %s' % (self.prompt, self.value)
+            self.prepare()
+        return True
 
     def prepare(self):
         self.color = self.focus_color if self.focussed else self.base_color