Recipe 475186 revision 1

def has_colors(stream):
    if not hasattr(stream, "isatty"):
        return False
    if not stream.isatty():
        return False # auto color only on TTYs

    try:
        import curses
        curses.setupterm()
        return curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2
    except:
        # guess false in case of error
        return False

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• revision 1 (18 years ago)