cursor positioning and color

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bfarwick at juno.com (brrrent) wrote in message news:<1b6dca50.0209231022.6fae7f6d at posting.google.com>...
> TuxTrax at fortress.tuxnet.net (TuxTrax) wrote in message news:<slrnaoqv2q.hn4.TuxTrax at fortress.tuxnet>...
> > Being new to python, I would like to know how one goes about such 
> > tasks as precise cursor positioning and output to screen in color.
> > 
> 
> Hi Mathew,
> 
> Curses is the way to go when using Linux/Unix.
> 
> Wconio is the way to go when using Microsoft.
> You can find in the Vaults of Parnassus.  If you have any trouble
> locating it, let me know, I can email it to you.  Small library, works
> well.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> brrrent

Thanks Brent. Appreciate it. Am I to understand that there are no
python libraries that do this as a standard part of the python
distribution?

That would be preferable, as it would eliminate the requirement of
making
the user have curses on their system before they can use the code.

Cheers,

Mathew