How to change the font colour in Msdos?

[Andy Wong]

How to change the font colour in Msdos whenever I go from command
prompt in window environment? Do I need to put any command line in
autoexec.bat file?

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[Outsider]

See:
http://home7.inet.tele.dk/batfiles/b4ustart/ansisys.htm
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Regards,
Outsider
MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netscape Navigator 4.08

[Andy Wong]

Can you give me an example like changing the dos font colour? Eg. Green
text with black background and where should I put the command (in which
file)

Thank you very much

[Outsider]

Try this example with bold white text on a cyan background.
If you have installed ansi.sys via your config.sys file,
Place these lines in autoexec.bat:

@ECHO ON
@PROMPT $_$e[1;37;46m$p$g
CLS
@ECHO OFF
ECHO.

[Al Aab]

a little nifty extended clone of ansi.sys:

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http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/
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screen/
WARP230 9976 941209 WARP v2.30: small & fast ANSI.SYS replacement

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ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc
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http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/
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screen/
useansi 5497 850907 short TUTORIAL on using the ANSI.SYS function
sysutl/
ANSI.SYS 10318 850707 TUTORIAL on use of ansi codes

n.b.
to download any file of the above
you may have to convert its NAME to lowercase

also type :
help ansi.sys
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[williamd]

Where can I find (& learn more about) this ansi.sys? Sorry, but I'm
new to all this. After Win & OS/2 I'm just starting to appreciate how
much lil ole dos can still do. Eager to learn more. This groups is
great!

On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 06:13:18 +0100, Outsider
<nonvali...@yahoo.com> wrote in part:

[SeanB51229]

will...@attglobal.net (williamd) wrote :

> Where can I find (& learn more about) this
> ansi.sys? Sorry, but I'm new to all this. After
> Win & OS/2 I'm just starting to appreciate
> how much lil ole dos can still do.

Indeed. I have been using DOS for years and I
have not reached the limits of what it can do.

If you are using DOS 5 or 6, try typing
HELP ANSI.SYS at the DOS prompt.

I have found that my local public library has many
very good books on DOS. If there is a public
library where you live, I would recommend you
check out what they have.

Sean Bernard
SeanB...@aol.com

[Outsider]

williamd wrote:
>
> Where can I find (& learn more about) this ansi.sys? Sorry, but I'm
> new to all this. After Win & OS/2 I'm just starting to appreciate how

> much lil ole dos can still do. Eager to learn more. This groups is
> great!
>
> On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 06:13:18 +0100, Outsider
> <nonvali...@yahoo.com> wrote in part:
>
> >Try this example with bold white text on a cyan background.
> >If you have installed ansi.sys via your config.sys file,
> >Place these lines in autoexec.bat:
> >
> >@ECHO ON
> >@PROMPT $_$e[1;37;46m$p$g
> >CLS
> >@ECHO OFF
> >ECHO.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Outsider
> >MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netscape Navigator 4.08

I don't have time to go throught these links, but you are welcome.

http://log.on.ca/users/rhwatson/dos7/
Dos7 Commands - Index Page

http://www.houlden.f9.co.uk/msdos/dosindex.htm
MS-DOS Reference

http://home.sol.no/~westerma/planet/dos/commands.html
Planet 16-bits!

http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm
MS-DOS help and commands, including undocumented

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/dosindex.html
DOS Command Index

http://www.algonquinc.on.ca/infosystems/macewal/dosnotes/1.html
DOS - title page

http://131.128.208.16/itech/CRDos/DOSCLASS.htm
DOS Class: Introduction to DOS

http://www.cs.ntu.edu.au/homepages/bea/home/subjects/ith203/ith203.html
ITH203 - Using A Commandline Interface

http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/os100/msdos15.htm
OS100: Operating Systems; MS-DOS Introduction

http://saturn.cs.unp.ac.za/~robd/notes/chaos/os02.html
Introduction to MSDOS Commands

http://malektips.envprogramming.com/dostoc.html
MalekTips - DOS TIPS Table of Contents

http://courses.ncsu.edu/classes/psy502001/psy585/l9dos/dos_p1.htm
DOS instruction

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulbutterwick/tutor/menu.html
MS-DOS Tutorial

http://www.animatedsoftware.com/faqs/learndos.htm
Russell D. Hoffman's Unauthorized and Unsanctioned Net Guide to DOS

http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/index.htm
DOS Programming, Undocumented DOS, and DOS Secrets

http://www.eeng.brad.ac.uk/help/.dos/.dosman.html
msdos commands introduction: The Essentials - A Brief Guide for Users

http://saturn.cs.unp.ac.za/~robd/notes/chaos/os02.html
MSDOS - The Commands - An Introduction

http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html
DOS Command Index

http://users.cybercity.dk/~bse26236/batutil/help/INDEX.HTM
MS-DOS 6.22 Help

http://support.microsoft.com/support/ms-dos/serviceware/dos7/dos70.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/ms-dos/serviceware/dos62/dos62.asp

[fabrizi...@libero.it]

ANSI.SYS con be found in the MS-DOS distribution disk. Last one was MS-DOS 8 in the Windows Millennium CD, for example. Oen with 7zip Windows free utility the BASE2.CAB in the CD \winme (or something like that,I don't remember folder name exactly now) folder, dearch for ansy.sys and copy it out of the CABinet file.

[JJ]

I'm pretty sure Windows ME still includes ANSI.SYS.

Use the PROMPT command or environment variable to specify the ANSI escape
character for changing the prompt text color. Make sure the ANSI.SYS is
already loaded. Bee below for the ANSI escape characters.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code>
<https://kb.iu.edu/d/aamm>