improving windows support. closes #218

lettuce/__init__.py

@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ from lettuce.plugins import xunit_output
 from lettuce import fs
 from lettuce import exceptions
 
+try:
+    from colorama import init as ms_windows_workaround
+    ms_windows_workaround()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
 __all__ = [
     'after',
     'before',

setup.py

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ required_modules = ['sure', 'fuzzywuzzy']
 if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6):
     required_modules.append('multiprocessing')
 
+if os.name.lower() == 'nt':
+    required_modules.append('colorama')
+
 setup(
     name='lettuce',
     version='0.2.0',