ANSI colored output: How to determine how python was called?

[Pearu Peterson]

On 21 May 2002, David M. Cooke wrote:

> I think what you want is something like:
> 
> def term_has_colours():
>     if not sys.stdout.isatty():
>        return 0
>     curses.start_color()
>     return curses.has_colors()
> 
> curses.wrapper does more than you need. I use something like the above
> in my $PYTHONSTARTUP file to give me a coloured prompt.

The problem with the above is that it also needs

  curses.initscr()

that in my python prompt messed up the terminal completely so that I have
to blindly exit python and reset the terminal. And

  curses.endwin()

did not fixed the mess up either.

That's the reason why I ended up with using curses.wrapper that returns
with properly restoring the current terminal.

Thanks,
	Pearu