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From: Goulagman <goulagman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] color on linux terminal
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On 13/01/07, Markus Weihs <mweihs@gmx.at> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> to get coloured output on a linux terminal, you can do something like
>
>     echo -e "\033[31m This is now red"
>
> How can I do this with OCaml? The following doesn't work
>
>     print_string "\033[31m blabla"


It's because, for Ocaml,   the escape sequence \0xx matches the ASCII
character xx in decimal, not in octal.

print_string "\027[31m blabla" works fine

Thanks in advance,
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> Markus
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 13/01/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Markus Weihs</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:mweihs@gmx.at">mweihs@gmx.at</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>to get coloured output on a linux terminal, you can do something like<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;echo -e &quot;\033[31m This is now red&quot;<br><br>How can I do this with OCaml? The following doesn&#39;t work<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print_string &quot;\033[31m blabla&quot;
</blockquote><div><br>
It&#39;s because, for Ocaml, &nbsp; the escape sequence \0xx matches the ASCII character xx in decimal, not in octal.<br>
<br>
</div>print_string &quot;\027[31m blabla&quot; works fine<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks in advance,<br><br>Markus<br><br>
</blockquote></div><br>

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