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5. <tt class=module>macconsole</tt> --
         Think C's console package</A>
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<p class=availability>Availability: <span
 class=platform>Macintosh</span>.</p>

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This module is available on the Macintosh, provided Python has been
built using the Think C compiler. It provides an interface to the
Think console package, with which basic text windows can be created.

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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-35"><tt>options</tt></a></b>
<dd>
An object allowing you to set various options when creating windows,
see below.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-36"><tt>C_ECHO</tt></a></b>
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<dt><b><a name="l2h-39"><tt>C_NOECHO</tt></a></b><dd>
<dt><b><a name="l2h-40"><tt>C_CBREAK</tt></a></b><dd>
<dt><b><a name="l2h-41"><tt>C_RAW</tt></a></b><dd>
Options for the <tt>setmode</tt> method. <tt class=constant>C_ECHO</tt> and
<tt class=constant>C_CBREAK</tt> enable character echo, the other two disable it,
<tt class=constant>C_ECHO</tt> and <tt class=constant>C_NOECHO</tt> enable line-oriented input
(erase/kill processing, etc).
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-37"><tt class=function>copen</tt></a></b> ()
<dd>
Open a new console window. Return a console window object.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-38"><tt class=function>fopen</tt></a></b> (<var>fp</var>)
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Return the console window object corresponding with the given file
object. <var>fp</var> should be one of <tt>sys.stdin</tt>, <tt>sys.stdout</tt> or
<tt>sys.stderr</tt>.
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