"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>>> NT-based console windows do not support colour escape codes. Only 
>>>> 16-bit applications (running under NTVDM) can use colour escapes.
>>>
>>> So this doesn't work?
>>>
>>>
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/UserTips/Miscellaneous/CommandInterpreterAnsiSupport.html
>>
>> "the command.com shell interpreter"
>>
>> "Any DOS applications you run in this command shell will now have ANSI 
>> support."
>
> I've tried things like this several times before, and it's never worked 
> for me...

I run ksh on my windows xp machine and I'm able to do all that with just a 
few escape sequences in my .profile

Jim

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