On Aug 12, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Rohan wrote: > Can some one tell me how do I get colored text. Say when I want to > write something in a text file , how do I get it colored.
You can use ANSI escape codes -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ANSI_escape_code: colorCodes = [ "\033[0mAll attributes off\033[0m", "\033[1mBold\033[0m", "\033[4mUnderline\033[0m", "\033[5mBlink\033[0m", "\033[8mHide\033[0m", "\033[30mBlack\033[0m", "\033[31mRed\033[0m", "\033[32mGreen\033[0m", "\033[33mYellow\033[0m", "\033[34mBlue\033[0m", "\033[35mMagenta\033[0m", "\033[36mCyan\033[0m", "\033[37mWhite\033[0m", "\033[40m\033[37mBlack Background\033[0m", "\033[41mRed Background\033[0m", "\033[42mGreen Background\033[0m", "\033[43mYellow Background\033[0m", "\033[44mBlue Background\033[0m", "\033[45mMagenta Background\033[0m", "\033[46mCyan Background\033[0m", "\033[47mWhite Background\033[0m" ] for i in colorCodes: print i hth, Michael --- "I would rather use Java than Perl. And I'd rather be eaten by a crocodile than use Java." — Trouser -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
