Are you really using the readline module from newcenturycomputers ? I've got a feeling that's broken and you need to use the Gary Bishop one with IPython....
Sorry if this is spurious... (restricted internet access, so I can't check for you... but the correct one is linked to from the IPython site). Regards, Fuzzy http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml Claudio Grondi wrote: > Hi, > > I have watched this thread hoping to get an > hint on my problem, but it seems I didn't. > > My problem is, that the background of part of > the error messages is always black > (e.g. after typing In [1]: sdfsdf) > and my monitor failes to show the red, green > texts on black background clearly enough > to see it (I can read it after selection, which > inverts the colors). > I have tried to play with PyColorize.py, > LightBGColors = ColorScheme( > 'LightBG',{ > token.NUMBER : Colors.Cyan, > token.OP : Colors.Blue, > token.STRING : Colors.Blue, > tokenize.COMMENT : Colors.Red, > token.NAME : Colors.White, # Colors.Black, > token.ERRORTOKEN : Colors.Red, > > _KEYWORD : Colors.Green, > _TEXT : Colors.Blue, > > 'normal' : Colors.White # Colors.Normal # color off (usu. > Colors.Normal) > } > but without success. > How can I get rid of the black background > "--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > " > "exceptions.NameError" Traceback (most > recent call last) > in with quotation marks marked areas? > Where is the color of the background of this > areas defined? > The color scheme seems to handle only the > text colors, not the background. > > Claudio > > "Ashot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > yea, I've done that. It must be something subtle, as the colors and tab > > completion works. > > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:31:37 -0800, DogWalker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > "Ashot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > >> On 3 Feb 2005 19:18:33 -0800, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >>> Ashot wrote: > > >>>> I am using IPython in windows and the LightBG setting doesn't > > >>> correctly > > >>>> because the background of the text is black even if the console > > >>> background > > >>>> is white. Anyone know whats going on? Thanks. > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> ============================== > > >>>> Ashot Petrosian > > >>>> University of Texas at Austin, Computer Sciences > > >>>> (views expressed are solely my own) > > >>>> ============================== > > >>> > > >>> Did you try installing readline for windows? > > >>> http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html > > >>> > > >> > > >> yea I've installed that and ctypes. The color and tab completion work, > > >> its just that colored get displayed with black background, it almost > > >> works > > >> so its very frustrating.. > > >> > > > > > > Did you try the following (from the manual)?: > > > > > > Input/Output prompts and exception tracebacks > > > > > > > > > You can test whether the colored prompts and tracebacks work on your > > > system interactively by typing '%colors Linux' at the prompt (use > > > '%colors LightBG' if your terminal has a light background). If the input > > > prompt shows garbage like: > > > [0;32mIn [[1;32m1[0;32m]: [0;00m > > > instead of (in color) something like: > > > In [1]: > > > this means that your terminal doesn't properly handle color escape > > > sequences. You can go to a 'no color' mode by typing '%colors NoColor'. > > > > > > > > > You can try using a different terminal emulator program. To > > > permanently set your color preferences, edit the file > > > $HOME/.ipython/ipythonrc and set the colors option to the desired value. > > > > > > > > -- > > ============================== > > Ashot Petrosian > > University of Texas at Austin, Computer Sciences > > (views expressed are solely my own) > > ============================== -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
