@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ def validate_cookie(cookies):
             # it's recommended to set proxy to '' instead of None, otherwise
             # some redirected requests may not actually use the proxy settings.
             # see https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/6153
-
             proxy = ''
         elif proxy == 'auto':
             sys_proxies = getproxies()
-            if proxy := sys_proxies.get('http'):
+            if proxy := sys_proxies.get('http', ''): # if failed, proxy would be ''
                 print(f'INFO: Automatically use system proxy {proxy}')
         # I don't think system proxy would be missing scheme ever, but just in case
         if proxy and '://' not in proxy:
 
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ def save(self, f):
 
 def multi_col_print(data, columns=5):
     '''Print a list of data in a table with columns'''
+    # pip install rich
     from rich.console import Console
     from rich.table import Table
 
@@ -265,10 +266,38 @@ def multi_col_print(data, columns=5):
     for i in range(row_count):
         row = data[i::row_count]
         table.add_row(*row)
-
     console = Console()
     console.print(table)
 
+def rprint(*args, **kwargs):
+    '''
+    Print function that uses rich library to print (This is different from
+    rich.print() because that does not support additional arguments like `style`.)
+    The console obj is created only once and reused.
+    '''
+    # pip install rich
+    from rich.console import Console
+    if not hasattr(rprint, '_console'):
+        rprint._console = Console()
+    rprint._console.print(*args, **kwargs)
+
+def print2(*args, **kwargs):
+    '''
+    Custom print function that manages line endings.
+    If a previous print call ended without a newline (e.g., end=''),
+    and the current call implies a newline (e.g., default end or end='\n'),
+    an explicit newline is printed first to terminate the previous line.
+    The state _newlined is stored as an attribute of the print2 function itself.
+    '''
+    from builtins import print as builtin_print
+    if not hasattr(print2, '_newlined'):
+        print2._newlined = True
+    end = kwargs.pop('end', '\n')
+    if end.endswith('\n') and not print2._newlined:
+        builtin_print()
+    print2._newlined = True if end.endswith('\n') else False
+    builtin_print(*args, **kwargs, end=end)
+
 def array_to_range_text(a, sep=', ', dash='-'):
     s = ''
     prev_seg = None