Console and color

Is it possible to print in different colors on the console's line ? If yes, how to ? Has Someone already wrote a code for that ? PHilippe

Hello Philippe, Monday, August 12, 2002, 11:06:37 PM, you wrote: PO> Is it possible to print in different colors on the console's line ? If yes, PO> how to ? Has Someone already wrote a code for that ? PO> PHilippe In windows no.... in Unix with ANSI terminal yes... just use ANSI escape sequences.... look at this script I'm now working on: http://oldes.multimedia.cz/r-sys/ansi2.r here you can see how escape sequences for colors looks like: ;foregrounds | ["30m" | "1;30m"] (ChTs/f 0.0.0) | "31m" (ChTs/f 132.0.0) | "1;31m" (ChTs/f 172.0.0) | "32m" (ChTs/f 0.130.0) | "1;32m" (ChTs/f 0.170.0) | "33m" (ChTs/f 132.130.0) | "1;33m" (ChTs/f 172.170.0) | "34m" (ChTs/f 0.0.132) | "1;34m" (ChTs/f 0.0.172) | "35m" (ChTs/f 132.0.132) | "1;35m" (ChTs/f 172.0.172) | "36m" (ChTs/f 0.130.132) | "1;36m" (ChTs/f 0.170.172) | "37m" (ChTs/f 235.235.235) | "1;37" (ChTs/f 255.255.255) ;backgrounds | ["40m" | "1;40m"] (ChTs/b 0.0.0) | "41m" (ChTs/b 132.0.0) | "1;41m" (ChTs/b 172.0.0) | "42m" (ChTs/b 0.130.0) | "1;42m" (ChTs/b 0.170.0) | "43m" (ChTs/b 132.130.0) | "1;43m" (ChTs/b 172.170.0) | "44m" (ChTs/b 0.0.132) | "1;44m" (ChTs/b 0.0.172) | "45m" (ChTs/b 132.0.132) | "1;45m" (ChTs/b 172.0.172) | "46m" (ChTs/b 0.130.132) | "1;46m" (ChTs/b 0.170.172) | "47m" (ChTs/b 235.235.235) | "1;47m" (ChTs/b 255.255.255) so when you do: print "^[[41msome text" background will be set to dark red color until you type: print "^[[0m" == reset to default but this works only in ANSI terminals

Someone has an idea how to "print" in different colors on the prompt of the view' console ??

Hello Philippe, Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 9:09:26 PM, you wrote: PO> Someone has an idea how to "print" in different colors on the prompt of the PO> view' console ?? Install Linux or Beos (they have ANSI terminals not like M$) or buy Amiga - probably supports ANSI colors as well and try to run this script: print to-string read-thru http://oldes.multimedia.cz/examples/ansi.txt and you should see colors in your console... I's a shame that there is no color support in Window$