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

[alby.gamper@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 10:29:11 PM UTC+10, Aurele Vitali wrote:
> 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!

Thanks Aurele, I hadn't thought of testing against Vt100 full screen mode, and
I will try (time permitting) to update the sample code accordingly