http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/colour-anim/2013-09-10T21:23:58-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2013-09-10T21:23:58-07:00Barry Walkerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4177147/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578655-pseudo-3d-effect-in-text-mode/

<p style="color: grey"> Bash recipe 578655 by <a href="/recipes/users/4177147/">Barry Walker</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/3d/">3d</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/apple/">apple</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/bash/">bash</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/color/">color</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/colour/">colour</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/display/">display</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/linux/">linux</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/macbook_pro/">macbook_pro</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/text/">text</a>). </p> <p>This is just a simple DEMO to display a pseudo-3D effect using a bash script. It generates a recessed box and a button and writes some thext inside bot.</p> <p>There are two pieces of code, one for Linux, and one for OSX 10.7.5...</p> <p>The Linux version also works on OSX 10.7.5 but is harder to see so a near identical version using the default OSX terminal colours was craeted instead.</p> <p>You will have to split the two code pieces up yourself to run...</p> <p>Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...</p> <p>Bazza...</p>

2013-01-18T21:08:21-08:00Barry Walkerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4177147/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578425-colour-bar-and-greyscale-generator-for-standard-te/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578425 by <a href="/recipes/users/4177147/">Barry Walker</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/apple/">apple</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/bar/">bar</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/color/">color</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/colour/">colour</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/generator/">generator</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/gray/">gray</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/grey/">grey</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/linux/">linux</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/macbook_pro/">macbook_pro</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/scale/">scale</a>). </p> <p>This is just a simple colour bar and combined greyscale generator for standard text mode Python...</p> <p>It relies on the _magic_ of the ANSI Escape sequences to work and does mess with the terminal colours but restores the colours back to the defaults...</p> <p>See the code for the machines tested on. It might need the colours adjusting for some terminals but I am sure that is not beyond the average coder...</p> <p>Written so that anyone can see how it works.</p> <p>To hide the cursor the command "tput" is assumed to be available, if not, try "setterm -cursor off" and "setterm -cursor on" instead...</p> <p>Enjoy...</p> <p>Bazza, G0LCU...</p>

2012-08-21T21:01:57-07:00Barry Walkerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4177147/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578101-colours-inside-text-mode-python/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 578101 by <a href="/recipes/users/4177147/">Barry Walker</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/amiga/">amiga</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/apple/">apple</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/color/">color</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/colour/">colour</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/demo/">demo</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/display/">display</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/e_uae/">e_uae</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/linux/">linux</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/macbook_pro/">macbook_pro</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/windows/">windows</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/winuae/">winuae</a>). Revision 2. </p> <p>A simple DEMO to show how to enhance Python inside a Terminal. This works on Classic AMIGAs, E-UAE, Debian Linux 6.0.0, PCLinuxOS 2009, Windows XP and Vista and WinUAE, from Python 1.4.0 to 3.3A2.</p> <p>Due to a complaint about my _fun_ upload recently I decided to post this so that the MANY can now find out how to manipulate text inside a Python Terminal window so that it looks much better.</p> <p>Read the code for more information...</p> <p>Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...</p> <p>Bazza...</p>

2009-03-05T05:22:31-08:00Jonathan Fenechhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4169413/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576679-php-background-colour-changer/

<p style="color: grey"> PHP recipe 576679 by <a href="/recipes/users/4169413/">Jonathan Fenech</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/background/">background</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/changer/">changer</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/colour/">colour</a>). Revision 2. </p> <p>this is a script that changes the colour of the background to the day of the week, the code uses if and elseif...</p>