# 5 `macconsole` -- Think C's console package

Availability: Macintosh.

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.

`options`
  An object allowing you to set various options when creating windows, see below.

`C_ECHO`
`C_NOECHO`
`C_CBREAK`
`C_RAW`
  Options for the `setmode` method. `C_ECHO` and `C_CBREAK` enable character echo, the other two disable it, `C_ECHO` and `C_NOECHO` enable line-oriented input (erase/kill processing, etc).

`copen` ()
  Open a new console window. Return a console window object.

`fopen` (fp)
  Return the console window object corresponding with the given file object. fp should be one of `sys.stdin`, `sys.stdout` or `sys.stderr`.

Subsections

- 5.1 macconsole options object
- 5.2 console window object