IPython colors in windows

[Ashot]

yea, I've done that. It must be something subtle, as the colors and tab  
completion works.
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:31:37 -0800, DogWalker <forestiero at qwest.net> wrote:

> "Ashot" <ashot at removemolsoftthis.com> said:
>
>> On 3 Feb 2005 19:18:33 -0800, James <fphsml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ashot wrote:
>>>> I am using IPython in windows and the LightBG setting doesn't
>>> correctly
>>>> because the background of the text is black even if the console
>>> background
>>>> is white.  Anyone know whats going on?  Thanks.
>>>>
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>>>> Ashot Petrosian
>>>> University of Texas at Austin, Computer Sciences
>>>> (views expressed are solely my own)
>>>> ==============================
>>>
>>> Did you try installing readline for windows?
>>> http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/readline.html
>>>
>>
>> yea I've installed that and ctypes.  The color and tab completion work,
>> its just that colored get displayed with black background, it almost  
>> works
>> so its very frustrating..
>>
>
> Did you try the following (from the manual)?:
>
> Input/Output prompts and exception tracebacks
>
>
> You can test whether the colored prompts and tracebacks work on your  
> system interactively by typing '%colors Linux' at the prompt (use  
> '%colors LightBG' if your terminal has a light background). If the input  
> prompt shows garbage like:
> [0;32mIn [[1;32m1[0;32m]: [0;00m
>  instead of (in color) something like:
>  In [1]:
>   this means that your terminal doesn't properly handle color escape  
> sequences. You can go to a 'no color' mode by typing '%colors NoColor'.
>
>
>   You can try using a different terminal emulator program. To  
> permanently set your color preferences, edit the file  
> $HOME/.ipython/ipythonrc and set the colors option to the desired value.



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Ashot Petrosian
University of Texas at Austin, Computer Sciences
(views expressed are solely my own)
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