Windows 10 ANSI color

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The console in Windows 10 support VT (Virtual Terminal) / ANSI escape sequences but it is disable by default.

To activate it:

in registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USERConsole], create or set the VirtualTerminalLevel DWORD value to 1.

(or from cmd.exe :

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reg add HKCUConsole /v VirtualTerminalLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1)

To deactivate it:

in registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USERConsole], create or set the VirtualTerminalLevel DWORD value to 0.



You must open a new console window for changes to take effect.

For example use the ANSI color when debugging:

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(trace-highlight "27[0;31m" "27[0;0m") ;red text color

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(trace-highlight "27[0;7m" "27[0;0m")  ;negative

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