Adding colors in python interpreter prompt, does not wrap properly

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I would like to have a more colorful Python prompt in the terminal, just for readability. I currently have:

sys.ps1 = '\033[96m>>> \033[0m'
sys.ps2 = '\033[96m... \033[0m'

in my PYTHONSTARTUP file, which does give it colors as desired. However, any text over a line does not wrap properly. The text goes to the end of the line, and instead of immediately starting a new line, starts overwriting the beginning of the first line before starting a new line. As you might imagine, this is actually rather unreadable. How can I fix this behavior?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Try the following:

sys.ps1 = '\001\033[96m\002>>> \001\033[0m\002'
sys.ps2 = '\001\033[96m\002... \001\033[0m\002'

This answer to a similar question explains why the \001 and \002 are necessary.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Jun 08 '12 at 18:12

Andrew Clark

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Ah, I didn't see that question earlier. Thanks, that fixed it! – user812786 Jun 08 '12 at 20:15

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 07 '17 at 00:04

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Is there some reason to not use IPython? IPython does provide color prompts, etc. out of the box...

edited Nov 07 '17 at 00:04

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jun 08 '12 at 19:12

reptilicus

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woah, didn't know about that. I don't particularly care for the interface, but thanks for the tip! – user812786 Jun 08 '12 at 20:12

Adding colors in python interpreter prompt, does not wrap properly

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