ANSI colour codes don't work

Asked Jun 01 '17 at 07:28

Active Mar 26 '23 at 19:47

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I'm trying to use ANSI colour codes to output coloured text in python, but this is what happens:

print("\033[1;32;40mBright Green")

Outputted: [1;32;40mBright Green

I am running python 3.5.2 on macOS Sierra. Is my code missing something, or can I not use this on a mac?

edited Mar 26 '23 at 19:47

Thomas Dickey

asked Jun 01 '17 at 07:28

Tom

have you tried colorama? – WhatsThePoint Jun 01 '17 at 07:32
How are you running your code? Are you running your code in a script from a shell, or are you running within an IDE? – Blckknght Jun 01 '17 at 07:38
@Blckknght I'm running within an IDE, IDLE to be precise. – Tom Jun 02 '17 at 08:05
@WhatsThePoint I've tried various modules, but my computer doesn't seem to recognise them - I'm told 'no such module' – Tom Jun 02 '17 at 08:06
do you have more than one version of python installed? – WhatsThePoint Jun 02 '17 at 08:10
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IDLE's terminal emulator is pretty basic, I doubt it makes any attempt to handle ANSI colors. Try running Python from shell in a terminal emulator and I suspect it will work. – Blckknght Jun 02 '17 at 10:33
@WhatsThePoint no, I don't think so – Tom Jun 03 '17 at 09:38

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