old_contents: '''
  Holds static data components, like the palette
  '''
  def get_palette(theme='std'):
      '''
      Return the preferred palette theme
  
      Themes:
      std
          The standard theme used by the console
      '''
      if theme == 'bright':
          return [
                  ('banner', 'white', 'dark blue')
                 ]
      else:
          return [
                  ('banner', 'white', 'dark blue')
                 ]
  
new_contents: '''
  Holds static data components, like the palette
  '''
  
  def msg(msg, logfile='console_log.txt'):
      '''
      Send a message to a logfile, defaults to console_log.txt.
      This is useful to replace a print statement since curses does put
      a bit of a damper on this
      '''
      with open(logfile, 'a+') as fp_:
          fp_.write(str(msg))
  
  
  def get_palette(theme='std'):
      '''
      Return the preferred palette theme
  
      Themes:
      std
          The standard theme used by the console
      '''
      if theme == 'bright':
          return [
                  ('banner', 'white', 'dark blue')
                 ]
      else:
          return [
                  ('banner', 'white', 'dark blue')
                 ]
  
subject: Add a logmsg utility function