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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Using color in C
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:28:11 -0700 (MST)
Cc: bemar@servicom.es, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199509251921.UAA06649@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> from "Christoph Kukulies" at Sep 25, 95 08:21:14 pm
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> You can alsway use ANSI escape sequences a la:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> in0="\033[0m"
> in1="\033[1m"
       ^^^^^^^  -- ANSI escape sequences

> sw0="\033[30m"
> rt0="\033[31m"
> gn0="\033[32m"
> gb0="\033[33m"
> bl0="\033[34m"
> mg0="\033[35m"
> cn0="\033[36m"
> ws0="\033[37m"
> sw1="\033[40m"
> rt1="\033[41m"
> gn1="\033[42m"
> gb1="\033[43m"
> bl1="\033[44m"
> mg1="\033[45m"
> cn1="\033[46m"
> ws1="\033[47m"
       ^^^^^^^^  -- ISO escape sequences

Plus they only pick colors between 0 and 7, not 0 and 15, so they won't
get you the 16 colors you want.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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