How to colorise the Python REPL? [closed]

Question

As we can see the difference between the images. In Vim, variable and function are of different color. How can I bring color to my Python REPL?

I want to do it by myself. Please suggest me how to do this. Whether I should have to do something with stdout stream object or I have to change something in Python interpreter and then build it from source?

Answer 1

You should probably have searched a little bit more first, because there are many answers here about this. Perhaps the best ones are:

• bpython [NOT on Windows without hack.]
• ipython
• Change Python interactive prompt ">>>"
• Some characters stick to my colorized prompt in Python cmd
• Adding colors in python interpreter prompt, does not wrap properly
• How to fix column calculation in Python readline if using color prompt

Other Attmepts to improve the python REPL:

• https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython - A python package

However, I find PtPython trying to do too much, and thus have a bloated dependency structure on: appdirs, jedi, prompt_toolkit, pygments, and indirectly to tox, wcwidth, parso, and possibly more, which is why I prefer my own no-nonsense 3-line ~/.pyrc solution for trivial changes as asked in this question.