Chris Frost's Code (Reworked)

from unicurses import *
stdscr = initscr()
noecho()
curs_set(False)
keypad(stdscr,True)
window1 = newwin(3,20,4,4)
max_y, max_x = stdscr.getmaxyx()
box = window1
window2 = newwin(3,20,max_y/2,max_x/2)

box2 = window2
waddstr(window1,'hello world')

running = True

panel = new_panel(window1)
panel2 = new_panel(window2)
update_panels()
doupdate()
while (running):
        key = getch()
        if (key == 27):
                running = False
                break
        update_panels()
        doupdate()

endwin()