(python) welcome to puppy linux

[menn]

i originally did this as a wxbasicscript ("puppybasic") demo, using ansi codes for color "ascii" art. (ansi art.) i haven't used wxbasicscript in years, this version in python uses ansi codes too. i was originally of the impression that while idle (the standard python gui ide) does not display ansi, it will display curses screens. having tried idle, i can't seem to get it to do any kind of colored text... simply calling python as a script (the way i usually develop and test python scripts) would seem to be the best way to do either ansi or curses programs.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
#public domain

q =     "                                                          "
q = q + "         ****************                                 "
q = q + "     ************************                             "
q = q + "    **************************                            "
q = q + "    ** ******************** **                            "
q = q + "       ****  ********  ****                               "
q = q + "       ***  ` ******  ` ***       Welcome to Puppy Linux! "
q = q + "        ***  ********  ****                               "
q = q + "        ******************                                "
q = q + "         ****************                                 "
q = q + "          *****(   *****                                  "
q = q + "           ***(     ***                                   "
q = q + "            ***(   ***                                    "
q = q + "              ******                                      "
q = q + "                                                          "

c = 0
print chr(27) + "[1;37;40m"
for n in range (len(q)):

    x = " 12345*`(".find(q[n])

    if x < 0:
        if c <> 0: print "\x08" + chr(27) + "[1;37;40m",
        c = 0
    elif x == 0:
        if c <> 0: print "\x08" + chr(27) + "[1;30;40m",
        c = 0
    elif x == 6:
        if c <> 6: print "\x08" + chr(27) + "[1;37;43m",
        c = 6
    elif x == 7 or x == 8:
        if c <> 7: print "\x08" + chr(27) + "[1;37;47m",
        c = 7
               
    if x == -1: print "\x08" + chr(27) + "[1;37;40m",
    if x != -1: print "\x08" + " ", 
    if x == -1: print "\x08" + q[n],

    if float(n) / 58 == int(n / 58): print ""

print chr(27) + "[0;37;40m"
print ""