From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Printing in colour in C
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:52:12 -0500
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colcom wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to print in colour in text mode in C? eg printf or
> something?

There are two ways:

- Install an ANSI.SYS driver or workalike, and print ANSI escape
sequences to format your text, or
- Use the functions in <conio.h> which have been provided for this
purpose.  You can learn about conio functions by typing "info libc func
conio".

Please note that conio functions are not ANSI-standard, and you can run
into problems if you try to use them interchangeably with stdio
functions.  Chapter 9.4 of the FAQ describes some of these problems.

hth

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