added colorama library, BSD license, http://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorama

extra/colorama/ansi.py

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+'''
+This module generates ANSI character codes to printing colors to terminals.
+See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
+'''
+
+CSI = '\033['
+
+def code_to_chars(code):
+    return CSI + str(code) + 'm'
+
+class AnsiCodes(object):
+    def __init__(self, codes):
+        for name in dir(codes):
+            if not name.startswith('_'):
+                value = getattr(codes, name)
+                setattr(self, name, code_to_chars(value))
+
+class AnsiFore:
+    BLACK   = 30
+    RED     = 31
+    GREEN   = 32
+    YELLOW  = 33
+    BLUE    = 34
+    MAGENTA = 35
+    CYAN    = 36
+    WHITE   = 37
+    RESET   = 39
+
+class AnsiBack:
+    BLACK   = 40
+    RED     = 41
+    GREEN   = 42
+    YELLOW  = 43
+    BLUE    = 44
+    MAGENTA = 45
+    CYAN    = 46
+    WHITE   = 47
+    RESET   = 49
+
+class AnsiStyle:
+    BRIGHT    = 1
+    DIM       = 2
+    NORMAL    = 22
+    RESET_ALL = 0
+
+Fore = AnsiCodes( AnsiFore )
+Back = AnsiCodes( AnsiBack )
+Style = AnsiCodes( AnsiStyle )
+