How to Add ANSI Color to User Response

[Thomas Passin]

On 4/10/2024 6:41 PM, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote:
> On 10/04/2024 19:50, WordWeaver Evangelist via Python-list wrote:
> 
>> I have a simple question. I use the following textPrompt in some of my Jython modules:
>>   '\nYour choice is? (A B C D E): ', maxChars=1, autoAccept=False, forceUppercase=True)
>> Is there a way to add an ANSI color code to the end
> 
> Normally, for any kind of fancy terminal work, I'd say use curses.
> But I suspect Jython may not support curses?
> 
> On the offchance it does do curses it would look like:
> 
> import curses
> 
> def main(scr):
>     if curses.has_colors():  # check the terminal supports color
>        curses.start_color().  # init the color system
>        curses.init_pair(1,curses.COLOR_YELLOW,curses.COLOR_BLUE)
> 
>        # Now start adding text coloring as desired...
>        scr.addstr(0,0,"This string is yellow and blue",
>                   curses.color_pair(1))
> 
>        scr.refresh().  # make it visible
>     else: scr.addstr("Sorry, no colors available")
> 
> curses.wrapper(main)
> 
> HTH

Curses is a C module, and there is a Python interface to it.   Jython 
would have to find an equivalent Java library.  Still, isn't the case 
that the terminal color output commands are pretty standard?  They could 
just be stuck into the output string.  Doing more fancy things, like 
moving the cursor arbitrarily, probably differ but the OP just mentioned 
colors.