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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-142389: Add colour to regrtest and pdb's help descriptions by hugovk · Pull Request #149332 · python/cpython

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@hugovk hugovk commented May 3, 2026 •
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#142389 added support for colour in argparse help description and epilogue, by showing text in backticks in magenta.

pdb and especially the long help of regrtest are good candidates for using this.

pdb image
regrtest image

I'm piggybacking on the #142389 issue here, but happy to create a new one if preferred.

  • Issue: Add support for colorizing code examples in argparse description/epilog #142389

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hugovk added 3 commits May 3, 2026 22:57
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Add colour to regrtest help description and epilog
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Add colour to pdb help description
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Add blurb
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hugovk requested a review from gaogaotiantian as a code owner May 3, 2026 20:41
@hugovk hugovk added the stdlib Standard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory label May 3, 2026
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Add support for colorizing code examples in argparse description/epilog #142389
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@hugovk hugovk changed the title gh-142389: Add colour to regrtest help description and epilog gh-142389: Add colour to regrtest and pdb's help descriptions May 3, 2026
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hugovk merged commit de1769f into python:main May 4, 2026
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hugovk deleted the 3.15-regrtest-colour branch May 4, 2026 07:20
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