diff --git a/py/__init__.py b/py/__init__.py
index 5bf7769a7..c8e3faae9 100644
--- a/py/__init__.py
+++ b/py/__init__.py
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ py.apipkg.initpkg(__name__, dict(
         'StdCapture'          : '._io.capture:StdCapture',
         'StdCaptureFD'        : '._io.capture:StdCaptureFD',
         'TerminalWriter'      : '._io.terminalwriter:TerminalWriter',
+        'ansi_print'          : '._io.terminalwriter:ansi_print', 
+        'get_terminal_width'  : '._io.terminalwriter:get_terminal_width',
     },
 
     # small and mean xml/html generation
diff --git a/py/_cmdline/pylookup.py b/py/_cmdline/pylookup.py
index 047117f09..369ce90cd 100755
--- a/py/_cmdline/pylookup.py
+++ b/py/_cmdline/pylookup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ prepended."""
 
 import sys, os
 import py
-from py._io.terminalwriter import ansi_print, terminal_width
+from py.io import ansi_print, get_terminal_width
 import re
 
 def rec(p):
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ parser.add_option("-i", "--ignore-case", action="store_true", dest="ignorecase",
 parser.add_option("-C", "--context", action="store", type="int", dest="context",
             default=0, help="How many lines of output to show")
 
+terminal_width = get_terminal_width()
+
 def find_indexes(search_line, string):
     indexes = []
     before = 0
diff --git a/testing/io_/test_terminalwriter.py b/testing/io_/test_terminalwriter.py
index a664aab20..b1c057da8 100644
--- a/testing/io_/test_terminalwriter.py
+++ b/testing/io_/test_terminalwriter.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import py
 import os, sys
 from py._io import terminalwriter 
 
+def test_get_terminal_width():
+    x = py.io.get_terminal_width
+    assert x == terminalwriter.get_terminal_width
+
 def test_terminal_width_COLUMNS(monkeypatch):
     """ Dummy test for get_terminal_width
     """
@@ -147,3 +151,13 @@ def test_attr_hasmarkup():
     tw.line("hello", bold=True)
     s = tw.stringio.getvalue()
     assert len(s) > len("hello")
+
+def test_ansi_print():
+    # we have no easy way to construct a file that
+    # represents a terminal 
+    f = py.io.TextIO()
+    f.isatty = lambda: True
+    py.io.ansi_print("hello", 0x32, file=f)
+    text2 = f.getvalue()
+    assert text2.find("hello") != -1
+    assert len(text2) >= len("hello")