console colouring for python
Project description
termstyle
termstyle is a simple python library for adding coloured output to terminal (console) programs. The definitions come from ECMA-048, the “Control Functions for Coded Character Sets” standard.
Installation:
I thoroughly recommend using the zero-install feed (see the project homepage) to manage your dependencies if at all possible. zero-install provides a much better system than pip or easy_install, and works with absolutely any language and allows decentralised package management that requires no special privileges to install.
Example Usage:
from termstyle import * print "%s:%s" % (red('Hey'), green('how are you?')) print blue('How ', bold('you'), ' doin?')
or, you can use a colour just as a string:
print "%sBlue!%s" % (blue, reset)
Styles:
reset or default (no colour / style)
colour:
black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white
background colour:
bg_black bg_red bg_green bg_yellow bg_blue bg_magenta bg_cyan bg_white bg_default
In terminals supporting transparency bg_default is often used to set the background to transparent [1].
weight:
bold inverted
style:
italic underscore
Controls:
auto() - sets colouring on only if sys.stdout is a terminal disabe() - disable colours enable() - enable colours