def _get_title(self):
        """According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124103 the buffer
        size is 1024
        
        Does not support unicode, only ANSI"""
        #TODO: unicode support
        strbuffer = self.ctypes.create_string_buffer(1024)
        size = self.ctypes.c_short(1024)
        #unicode versions are (Get|Set)ConsolTitleW
        self.ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetConsoleTitleA(strbuffer, size)
        return strbuffer.value