Re: color text output in Windows

I believe you can enable ANSI control characters in Windows consoles by adding:

device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys

to your %SystemRoot%\system32\CONFIG.NT file.

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Re: Re: color text output in Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 05, 2003 at 17:27 UTC
No, unfortunately you can't. ansi.sys is a 16-but windows drivers. I only works in command.com sessions not cmd.exe sessions. Using command.com as your console shell is pointless. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller If I understand your problem, I can solve it! Of course, the same can be said for you.	[reply]

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Re: Re: color text output in Windows
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 05, 2003 at 17:27 UTC

No, unfortunately you can't. ansi.sys is a 16-but windows drivers. I only works in command.com sessions not cmd.exe sessions. Using command.com as your console shell is pointless.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller
If I understand your problem, I can solve it! Of course, the same can be said for you.

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