'normal' shell with curses

[Thynnus]

On 3/3/2008 9:57 PM, Michael Goerz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to print out text in color. As far as I know, curses is the 
> only way to do that (or not?). So, what I ultimately want is a curses 
> terminal that behaves as closely as possible as a normal terminal, i.e. 
> it breaks lines and scrolls automatically, so that I can implement a 
> function myprint(color, text) that does what print() does, only in color.

You might find the below helpful. Let us know how you make out?

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Python Cookbook
  http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/475116

Title:
  Using terminfo for portable color output & cursor control

Description:
The curses module defines several functions (based on terminfo) that can be 
used to perform lightweight cursor control & output formatting (color, bold, 
etc). These can be used without invoking curses mode (curses.initwin) or using 
any of the more heavy-weight curses functionality. This recipe defines a 
TerminalController class, which can make portable output formatting very 
simple. Formatting modes that are not supported by the terminal are simply omitted.

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