Re: modifying color of "Ada.Text_IO.Put"

[Marin David Condic <mcondic.nospam@acm.org>]

This is going to be very machine/OS dependent and is therefore not part of
the language standard. If you specify the equipment you are using, someone
may have a package to help you out with it. Note that this is also true of
C and other programming languages. You are probably confusing compiler
specific packages or OS services with what is provided by a language
standard. What works in C provided by Microsoft for the Windows OS using a
DOS window is not going to be identical to what works using C provided by
GCC on a Sun using X Windows. This is really important to understand if you
want to write programs that will work in more than one environment.

MDC


Stefan Kombrink wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>   in C and other programming languages it's simply possible to change
> the background and foreground color of text plotted on screen. But GNAT
> doesn't seem to offer procedures to handle that.
>
> Moving the cursor may work with "Set_Col" and "Set_Line", but i need
> routines to change color as well!
>
> Could anyone remember a small, simple easy-to-use package (OS
> independent) or should it even be possible by using standard GNAT
> packages?
>
> I'm lucky for every single answer,
>   thank you very much >8^)
>
> Stefan K.

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