From: kezman AT bigfoot DOT com (Kieran Farrell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Changeing Colour Within A String 
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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:10:13 GMT
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Hi guys,

I was wondering if someone could give me some ideas on how to change
text colour within a string. The easiest way is to explain what I want
is to give an example.

#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   sprintf( buf,"{wHello {Y There{x" ); 
   /********************************************************* 
     * where {w turns the text after it white 		*
     * where {Y turns the following text Bright Yellow *
     * where {x ends the colour code 		*
     *********************************************************/  
   cputs( buf );
   return 0;
}

so you get a dull white hell and a bright Yellow There. the {x means
that the colour code is reset to normal for the next cputs cprintf
etc. hmm hard to explain I guess but if I leave the {x out I want the
next cputs or cprintf to be the last colour used, so in the code
example above minus the {x and after the cputs add a cprintf(
"glunk"); the glunk will be bright yellow still.

Can this be done, I have see it work on a mud and would like to use it
in my programs. I haven't access to the mud code to have a look at how
they did it. Ack sorry for rambling

Thanx in advance

Kieran Farrell