From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:e4ce:: with SMTP id o197-v6mr5179343ith.55.1534107413188; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:56:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:75c9:: with SMTP id q192-v6mr376237oic.3.1534107412928; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:56:52 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!g24-v6no2624240iti.0!news-out.google.com!c189-v6ni1263ith.0!nntp.google.com!w19-v6no694178itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:56:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <942a9ff7-9acd-47df-9e02-d32aa9fad2e2@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.34.53.181; posting-account=1tLBmgoAAAAfy5sC3GUezzrpVNronPA- NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.53.181 References: <942a9ff7-9acd-47df-9e02-d32aa9fad2e2@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <856da002-664f-4759-92ea-b4e63331d848@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Can Ada print coloured/styled text to the terminal? (ANSI escape sequences?) From: Matt Borchers Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:56:53 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 2065 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2449433250 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54154 Date: 2018-08-12T13:56:52-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-4, Aurele Vitali wrote: > Windows 10 now inherently supports the almost complete set of ANSI escape sequences. I wrote my own virtual console terminal (all in Ada) and it works great. Here is the Windows documentation link: > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences I have Windows 10 (up-to-date Home edition) and neither the Command Console nor Powershell will recognize the escape sequences. They are recognized when running the program within GPS. Is there something special that needs to be enabled to get these to work? I have a very old Linux console program I'd love to try to resurrect on Windows.