Adding colors in python interpreter prompt, does not wrap properly

Question

I would like to have a more colorful Python prompt in the terminal, just for readability. I currently have:

sys.ps1 = \'\\033[96m>>> \\033[0m\'
sys.ps2         


        

Answer 1

Try the following:

sys.ps1 = '\001\033[96m\002>>> \001\033[0m\002'
sys.ps2 = '\001\033[96m\002... \001\033[0m\002'

This answer to a similar question explains why the \001 and \002 are necessary.

Answer 2

Is there some reason to not use IPython? IPython does provide color prompts, etc. out of the box...