Priting Out in COLOURS

Donn Cave donn at u.washington.edu
Wed Jun 9 17:29:44 EDT 2004


In article <mailman.764.1086804567.6949.python-list at python.org>,
 "Satish Chimakurthi" <skchim0 at engr.uky.edu> wrote:

> This must be a simple thing to do, but am not sure about it. I like to know 
> how I can print my statements out,  in colour. 
> 
> Example:  print 'PYTHON IS VERSATILE'
> 
> By default, this statement prints out in BLACK. What if I need to change it's 
> colour ?? 

Well, you can make it as complicated as you want, but
the basic color sequence for ANSI terminals is like
'\033[NNm', where NN is 30..37   Use '\033[m' to return
to normal color.

   Donn Cave, donn at u.washington.edu



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