POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Colour consoles : Re: Colour consoles Server Time
7 Sep 2024 09:23:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Colour consoles  
From: Darren New
Date: 20 Aug 2008 12:08:05
Message: <48ac4165@news.povray.org>
Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:43:05 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>>> 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."

Oh. OK. So you can't invoke it from command.com and have it work?

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)


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