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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 9 Mar 1997.
Re: REQ: Color Codes

Re: REQ: Color Codes

Erik Jerde wrote:
> 
> After recieving a number of emails about color codes (thanks for trying to help) I find that I need to be
> more clear than I was.  I am looking to colorize a ascii file so that color would show up when the file
> is displayed using the cat program.  I have been told that this can be done, but I have since lost track
> of the person who told me that.

Then you have to use the ANSI color codes. This is not easy to do by
hand so I recommend that you use a program like TheDraw to colorize the
files. Remember to save your files like ANSI, not ASCII.

Erik
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From: "Erik K. Veland" <ekv...@online.no>
Subject: Re: REQ: Color Codes
Date: 1997/03/09
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To: Erik Jerde <jer...@cems.umn.edu>
Organization: Wigwam Internet Community [http://home.sol.no/kseide]
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