Color-coded syntax in terminal
<p>currently, the terminal I'm using to write my Python code is monochrome gray on black, but <a href="http://tstringer.github.io/vscode/2016/06/06/vscode-terminal.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal" rel="nofollow">this</a> example show that you can have color coded syntax as well. I can't identify anything in the default settings which indicates an ability to use color coded syntax in the terminal. I'd like to use a terminal window as a Python interactive shell, so color coded text is a must. How do I do so?</p>

<p>Visual Studio 2015 is so much easier in this regard, but I suppose that is because VSCode isn't an IDE. I just really like having an interactive shell to work with as I test new script.</p>

<p>The default console REPL does not have syntax highlighting. However The IDLE IDE that ships with CPython has a syntax-highlighting REPL (interactive shell).</p>

<p><a href="https://ipython.org/install.html" rel="nofollow">IPython 5</a> also has <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25190889/syntax-highlighting-in-ipython-console">syntax highlighting in REPL</a>:</p>

<p><img src="http://blog.jupyter.org/content/images/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-11-28-25-1.png" alt="IPython screenshot"></p>

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