From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 11:41:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A89616A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:41:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-86.apple.com [17.250.248.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8B143D1F for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:41:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hBCJeZcq004037; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:40:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (pool-68-161-96-170.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.96.170]) (authenticated bits=0)hBCJeYA6015328; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:40:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <000801c3c0e3$a2ce3cc0$6401a8c0@petesbaby> References: <000801c3c0e3$a2ce3cc0$6401a8c0@petesbaby> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v594) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <154C62FA-2CDB-11D8-A16D-003065A20588@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:40:47 -0500 To: Peter Sparks X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.594) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Direction X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:41:10 -0000 On Dec 12, 2003, at 2:10 PM, Peter Sparks wrote: > I need to know how to output a little more advanced txt in the command > line setup. I am writing a c++ program and at the moment cout my text. > How can I alter the text to be bold? or put it into a grey box ? > change colour? draw boxes? any of this would be great? Slightly offtopic for a FreeBSD mailing list, but see "man curses" and "man termcap". -- -Chuck