ANSI Colours in Windows

The Windows console has no support for ANSI colours which is why you're getting strange characters when you fire up hellanzb. But don't fret! You've got two options. (that I can think of)

Option 1 (Easiest but not the prettiest)

Simply add Hellanzb.DISABLE_ANSI = 'true' to your hellanzb.conf file. Restart.

Option 2 (Less easy but much prettier)

1. Download and install MSYS.
2. The post install will ask you strange questions about MingGW. Just say no for now.
3. Assuming you installed everything to their default directories, change the 'Start Hellanzb' shortcut from:
   C:\Python25\python.exe c:\hellanzb\system\hellanzb.py
   to:
   C:\msys\1.0\bin\rxvt.exe -e C:\Python25\python.exe c:\hellanzb\system\hellanzb.py
4. Let me know how it goes.

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