In a Win32 console program, is it possible to print out underlined text like this: this text is underlined. If so, how do you do it? Thanks in advance for your help. ------------------------------ BASIC programmers don''t die, they just GOSUB and don''t return.

Do a search for "ANSI escape sequences".

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I did the search and after spending a while figuring out ASNI escape codes i tried this:
const char ESC = 27;
std::cout << ESC << "[04mThis text should be underlined." << std::endl;
ESC[04m should make the text underlined. Instead, it turnes blue . What could I possibly be doing wrong?

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\e is a (non-standard) code for ESC. gcc supports it, maybe VS too.

According to http://enterprise.aacc.cc.md.us/~rhs/ansi.html

About "\e[04m"
Underscore (on monochrome display adapter only)
Parameters 30 through 47 meet the ISO 6429 standard.

"\e[=0h"
Set Mode 40 x 148 x 25 monochrome (text)

Hope you can get it to work... usually it works in terminals, not that well in windows consoles (at least on W2k).

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On standard PC display adapters, the only way to get underlined text in text mode is if your video adapter supports it. The last adapater I had that supported it was a Hercules/MDA monochrome display adapter (720x348, if I''m not mistaken), and it could be done by using forground color 01h (which I think is blue on color adapters).

Graphical consoles and terminal emulators can support it using ANSI codes, but i''ve never been able to do it in a NT/DOS console.

You could use two lines to do it. One line with the text and one line with character C4h.

Other than that, you should use graphics mode. Actually, I prefer to do my text-based apps using web servers and HTML, and underlining in HTML is EEEEEASY! :-)

--TheMuuj

Fruny: doesn't work. Thanks for reminding me about '\e' though.

What i am trying to do is have an equation(to be solved) on two lines, with the first one underlined, since it is a fraction (in case anyone cares, it is the quadratic formula). This is opposed to three lines(to save screen space). here's what i am talking about:

3 lines: -b±sqrt(b²-4ac)         ---------------               2a2 lines: -b±sqrt(b²-4ac)               2a

EDIT: Stupid spacing...
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[edited by - GarlandIX on June 3, 2002 12:59:21 AM]

Apparently, ANSI escapes aren''t supported anymore in windows...

I loved these things

Thankfully *NIX has no problems with them

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quote:
Apparently, ANSI escapes aren''t supported anymore in windows...

They work alright on win98se(i have) but not the underlining .
I guess ill just have to do what theMuuj said (three lines with char C4h as the underline.

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quote: Original post by GarlandIX

They work alright on win98se(i have) but not the underlining .
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Actually the underlining is only available in Hercules/MDA or Monochrome (those IBM XT,8086,8088)... on CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA it is blue text (color 1 in BASIC).... TheMuuj already mentioned it. So it is not 98SE not supporting it... it is your grpahics/display card....

...maybe u could change the display mode to black&white.....

If you have an expression like "a = b / c" (but with a horizontal division line) wouldn''t you want to have it on 3 lines so the "a =" is centred vertically?

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