Can module tell if running from interpreter vs Windows command line ?

pdlemper at earthlink.net pdlemper at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 15 21:36:57 EDT 2009


On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:07:18 -0500, pdlemper at earthlink.net wrote:

>The WConio console module produces different colors, sometimes quite
>different, when run from Windows command line vs from Python
>interpreter >>> .  A good foregnd/backgnd combination under one
>may be unreadable under the other  : (
>I'm using Python 3.0 with the corresponding WConio on XP.
>Is there any way for the module to detect under which it has been 
>started ?    Thanks
Thanks Alex   It worked :

   import sys
   
   hasattr(sys, 'ps1')   yields True when started from interpreter >>>
                            and False run from Windows command line
Dave WB3DWE



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