Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dave Angel" wrote Other things to consider: cygwin curses works on cygwin too so a much wider set of choices there. Alan G ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Dave Angel
Tim Golden wrote: Alan Gauld wrote: "Tim Golden" wrote No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Wouldn't the ANSI codes work if ANSI.SYS were loaded? I thought you could still load ANSI.SYS it just wasn't normally there? The help system says you should load it in config.nt with: device=c

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Golden
Mark Tolonen wrote: "Tim Golden" wrote in message news:4ad471e6.7050...@timgolden.me.uk... Alan Gauld wrote: "Tim Golden" wrote No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Wouldn't the ANSI codes work if ANSI.SYS were loaded? I thought you could still load ANSI.SYS it just wasn't normally there

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Mark Tolonen
"Tim Golden" wrote in message news:4ad471e6.7050...@timgolden.me.uk... Alan Gauld wrote: "Tim Golden" wrote No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Wouldn't the ANSI codes work if ANSI.SYS were loaded? I thought you could still load ANSI.SYS it just wasn't normally there? The help system

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Golden
Alan Gauld wrote: "Tim Golden" wrote No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Wouldn't the ANSI codes work if ANSI.SYS were loaded? I thought you could still load ANSI.SYS it just wasn't normally there? The help system says you should load it in config.nt with: device=c:\winnt\system32\an

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Alan Gauld
"Tim Golden" wrote No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Wouldn't the ANSI codes work if ANSI.SYS were loaded? I thought you could still load ANSI.SYS it just wasn't normally there? The help system says you should load it in config.nt with: device=c:\winnt\system32\ansi.sys But I admi

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Golden
Katt wrote: Is it possible to change text color on a WinXP system by just using the Ansi escape codes. I have tried, but it just shows the start and end text of the code, but it doesn't change the color. No. ANSI escapes don't work on Windows. Depending on where you want to go, you can look a

Re: [Tutor] Changing text colors on WinXP py2.6.2

2009-10-13 Thread Katt
Hello All, Is it possible to change text color on a WinXP system by just using the Ansi escape codes. I have tried, but it just shows the start and end text of the code, but it doesn't change the color. I have tried placing the following before and aft the variable I wish to change: print