Re: Can Ada print coloured/styled text to the terminal? (ANSI escape sequences?)

[Aurele Vitali <aurele.vitali@gmail.com>]

Very nice Alex, and remember if you prefer a fullscreen mood (just like an actual VT100 terminal), simply insert a "SetConsoleDisplayMode" API call with the "CONSOLE_FULLSCREEN_MODE" flag set.  You might also want to write your own thin Win32 spec. Just include something like this:

function SetConsoleDisplayMode (
                                ConOut_Ref : access System.Address;
                                Flags      : Interfaces.C.unsigned_long;
                                Buffer_Ref : Coord_Ref
                               )
                               return Interfaces.C.int

with Import        => True,
     Convention    => StdCall,
     External_Name => "SetConsoleDisplayMode";

Also,  Windows 10 supports two screen buffers (see Alternate Screen Buffer in my first link): The main buffer has scroll bars,  the other has none.  Have fun!