goBoating help me! perl color question

[oinkers]

Have u ever gotten color to work in perl? win32 system.<br><br>example:<br><br>----------------------<br>use Term::ANSIColor;<br>print color(&quot;red&quot,&quot;red color should be here&quot;, color(&quot;reset&quot;<br><br>---------------------<br><br>here is the output: <br>red color should be here

 

[goBoating]

never tried......looks interesting though.....I'll poke around a little <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br> keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[goBoating]

I've done a little playing.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am running into the same behavior you are with Term::ANSIColor.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>....'just thinking (typing) out loud......I suspect that the Win32 'dos' window is not ANSI compliant.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can't find any specifications on the 'dos' window to determine if this is the case.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Term::ANSIColor module is ANSI specific. <br><br>However, there is a <FONT FACE=monospace><i>color</i></font> dos command for controling foreground and background color.&nbsp;&nbsp;You could call that from your Perl.<br><br>You can make system calls to mod the appearance of the window.<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>#!perl<br>system(&quot;color 37&quot;<br>print &lt;&lt;EndPrint;<br>Some grey text in an aqua screen.<br>The first digit is background color and second is foreground(text).<br>See windows help-&gt;dos-&gt;Command Index for help on color codes.<br>Type color at the prompt to reset to defaults.<br>EndPrint<br></font><br><br><br>Is Tk an alternative?&nbsp;&nbsp;It provides alot of GUI function and is not to difficult to play with.<br><br>'hope this helps <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br> keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[oinkers]

ya i had a feeling that the ansi color was not supported in dos. The system call changes the entire screen. But it doesnt change just the part of the text that i want. I think we are fighting a lost cause here. hehe. But thanks for the help.