Is there any way to print text in different colors in the console?
ANSI escape sequences have no effect. Do I have to use the Win32 console API
directly?

(Will there ever be ANSI support in Phobos' writef, or a std.console with wrappers for different platforms? Or, uh, should I create a GUI instead :-S....)

Lionello.

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Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> Is there any way to print text in different colors in the console?
> ANSI escape sequences have no effect. 

Yes, these always required the ANSI.SYS driver to be loaded.  AIUI this was set up in most MS-DOS installations before Windows 95 came along.

> Do I have to use the Win32 console API directly?
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No.  In the dmc package, there's a disp.h file with functions to do things like this.  You can turn it into a D module and then use it.

Stewart.

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> No.  In the dmc package, there's a disp.h file with functions to do things like this.  You can turn it into a D module and then use it.

Wauw! Thanks a lot, that did the trick.
I've attached the converted header-file to this message. Please, anyone, let
me know if this is inappropriate.

Lionello.

In article <cojsi1$19ct$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Lionello Lunesu says...
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>Is there any way to print text in different colors in the console?
>ANSI escape sequences have no effect. Do I have to use the Win32 console API
>directly?
>
>(Will there ever be ANSI support in Phobos' writef, or a std.console with wrappers for different platforms? Or, uh, should I create a GUI instead :-S....)
>
>Lionello.
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>-- Get the CACert root certificate (and a personal one) at http://cacert.org/
>
>
Lionello:

For an example that uses Win32 APIs, please follow the link to my D web site page at http://spottedtiger.tripod.com/D_Language/D_Hub_Adv_Tutor_XP.html and grab WinCon01aug04.zip which includes an example file called rainbow.d that does 16 colors foreground and 16 colors background (256 combinations). I think this is what you're looking for.

David L.

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