On 2007-02-02, rzed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> On Feb 2, 1:16 pm, rzed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote >>> innews:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> >>> > I'm interested in printing out coloured lines of my >>> > application and >>> > I don't know what to use. Can anybody give me an idea?? >>> >>> You could speed up the process if you explain what your >>> application is and what you mean by colored lines. Does your >>> application emit output to a plotter, an ink-jet printer, or a >>> color laser printer? Is it a drawing program? An editor in >>> which you want lines colored to highlight context? It might be >>> useful to know what system you are running as well. Just a >>> little detail here. >>> >>> -- >>> rzed >> >> Well, yes, it's a program that prints out lines to the standard >> output with a print command, and I want to print them coloured. >> For example: >> >> print "Hello World!!" >> >> I want it in red colour. >> >> That's all. > > If you're on Linux, you could use the curses module. There may > be a precompiled Windows version compatible with your Python > version, or maybe not, but the Windows source is available, and > you may be able to get it to work with your Python with some > effort. Linux distros include curses, I think. For Windows > curses, take a look at <http://adamv.com/dev/python/curses/>. > You will understand why the phrase "Windows curses" is used, I > expect.
On Windows, there's pdcurses for DOS or ncurses for the Cygwin platform, but I don't know how to get either to work with Python. Far simpler to get working in Windows is Fredrik Lundh's Console. http://www.effbot.org/downloads/#console If you're using Windowd 98 or earlier there are versions of a Python readline library that provide cursor addressing and color using the ANSI excape sequences. -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
