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Subject: Re: Can Ada print coloured/styled text to the terminal?
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Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> Really? Why?
> 
> ANSI.SYS was depreciated some decades ago; my understanding was that it was 
> unsupported on Windows 7 and 8. Going back the dinosaur age makes little 
> sense (and causes security issues).

Not sure if it is related but PowerShell has text I/O functions that can
take an option that affects color.

Also, many GUIs place a rectangle around pieces of text. Does this make
them graphic?