[IPython-user] terminal colour howto request.

[mark starnes]

It does help, thanks Matt.

Some context:  I'm printing output from the engines I have, with different
colours.  Obvious, I guess but I'm still learning......

Best regards,

Mark.

Matt Foster wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM, mark starnes
> <m.starnes05@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Embarrassed to ask this as I'm sure it's detailed in a manual somewhere
>> (but I can't find it!) but....
>>
>> How can I write to the terminal in colour?  I've looked through some of
>> the IPython code but couldn't spot the info I needed.  I tried importing
>> curses; I don't seem to have it installed, and IPython is using colour
>> so I imagine there is another way.
>>
>> A short example would be appreciated!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mark.
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Your question prompted me to poke around the source, and I found
> IPython.ColorANSI. Here's an example that print the available colours:
> 
> from IPython.ColorANSI import TermColors
> 
> colors = TermColors()
> 
> print 'IPython Colors:'
> for color in dir(colors):
>     if not color.startswith('_'):
>         print getattr(colors, color), color
> 
> print colors.Blue, 'blue', colors.Red, 'green'
> 
> I hope this helps,
> 
> Matt
>