Can I write italics to the Python shell?

Question

Is it possible to write something like this:

>>> text_output = \"Hello World.\"
>>> print text_output

...where if the tex

Answer 1

No. The print function outputs to sys.stdout by default. Assuming you're using something like IDLE, this will simply be echoed into IDLE. You can set some options in IDLE itself to show different font faces and sizes and whatnot, but this will modify everything, not just the output of print commands.