Package epydoc :: Module cli :: Class TerminalController

Class TerminalController

A class that can be used to portably generate formatted output to a terminal. See http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/475116 for documentation. (This is a somewhat stripped-down version.)

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, term_stream=sys.stdout)

source code

_tigetstr(self, cap_name)

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Class Variables

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BOL = ''
Move the cursor to the beginning of the line

UP = ''
Move the cursor up one line

DOWN = ''
Move the cursor down one line

LEFT = ''
Move the cursor left one char

RIGHT = ''
Move the cursor right one char

CLEAR_EOL = ''
Clear to the end of the line.

CLEAR_LINE = ''
Clear the current line; cursor to BOL.

BOLD = ''
Turn on bold mode

NORMAL = ''
Turn off all modes

COLS = 75
Width of the terminal (default to 75)

WHITE = ''

YELLOW = ''

MAGENTA = ''

RED = ''

CYAN = ''

GREEN = ''

BLUE = ''

BLACK = ''

_STRING_CAPABILITIES = ['BOL=cr', 'UP=cuu1', 'DOWN=cud1', 'LEF...

_COLORS = ['BLACK', 'BLUE', 'GREEN', 'CYAN', 'RED', 'MAGENTA',...

_ANSICOLORS = ['BLACK', 'RED', 'GREEN', 'YELLOW', 'BLUE', 'MAG...

FORCE_SIMPLE_TERM = False
If this is set to true, then new TerminalControllers will assume that the terminal is not capable of doing manipulation of any kind.

Class Variable Details

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_STRING_CAPABILITIES

Value:

['BOL=cr',
 'UP=cuu1',
 'DOWN=cud1',
 'LEFT=cub1',
 'RIGHT=cuf1',
 'CLEAR_EOL=el',
 'BOLD=bold',
 'UNDERLINE=smul',
...

_COLORS

Value:

['BLACK',
 'BLUE',
 'GREEN',
 'CYAN',
 'RED',
 'MAGENTA',
 'YELLOW',
 'WHITE']

_ANSICOLORS

Value:

['BLACK',
 'RED',
 'GREEN',
 'YELLOW',
 'BLUE',
 'MAGENTA',
 'CYAN',
 'WHITE']