Sorry I wasn't being clear enough.
I meant the prompt for Windows operating system C:>. And by error
messages i just mean printouts like
print "Error in Process"
If its just an environment variable, i should be able to change it,
print it out and change it back to the original color right?
Anyone know which variable i have to modify?
Thanks
Peter Hansen <pe***@engcorp.com> wrote in message news:<3F***************@engcorp.com>...
Hank wrote:
does anyone know how to change the foreground color of the command
prompt through python?
For example if i was printing out an error message, I would like it to
be red where the normal text color is white.
The question is underspecified/unclear.
1. What operating system?
2. By "command prompt", do you just mean the console, where text appears,
or do you really mean the *prompt* for the operating system, which under
Linux is usually something like "[user@host]#" and which under Windows
is usually something like "C:\>"?
3. Now you mention error messages... that implies you just mean changing
the color of your program's output.
If you mean the actual *prompt*, you need to change the right environment
variable, which usually needs a separate script.
If you mean the console text color, check the archives for the last couple
of days for responses to a similar question (search for "ansi.sys" perhaps).
-Peter
