Re: APL: GNU: Microsoft: Windows: 10: Color

[knud van eeden]

But your answer suggests that one should be able

to set the colors via Cygwin probably...

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 07:19:44 PM GMT+2, knud van eeden <knud_van_eeden@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello Jürgen,

1. Yes, one can in principle run any .exe present in the Cygwin installation.

E.g. sort.exe, uniq.exe, apl.exe, ...

2. For Microsoft Windows they are thus business as usual executables.

3. So that is what I always do:

a. or I run it via Microsoft cmd.exe, 

b. or e.g. via (my default) JPSoft tcc.exe

c. or using the Dos() API

...

4. So I never run it using the Cygwin bash command prompt thus, as not running it via Cygwin Bash is the simplest solution in general.

Thanks

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 07:11:54 PM GMT+2, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann <mail@xn--jrgen-sauermann-zvb.de> wrote:

Hi again,

I wasn't even aware that you could run GNU APL in a cmd.exe console.
Last time I
used cygwin (admittedly already quite  few yeas ago) it came with its
own window
and a bash shell inside. That window was xterm compatible and colors did
work
out of the box.

Best Regards,
Jürgen

On 8/28/22 3:34 PM, knud van eeden wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The colors of the output are not readable
> out of the box when running it e.g. in
> console cmd.exe on Microsoft Windows 10.
>
> Current workaround:
>
>  1. -Keep pressing many times <ENTER> until the color changes to grey
>
>  2. -Then type your APL commands
>
>  3. -When finished, mark/select that text, it will then change color
> so it might be visible
>
> Reproduction:
>
> Language: Computer: APL: Operating system: Microsoft: Windows: 10:
> Operation: Install: How to install and run Cygwin GNU apl.exe? [Cygwin
> / GNU APL]
>
> https://bit.ly/3AqC5AZ <https://bit.ly/3AqC5AZ>
>
> Thanks
> with friendly greetings
> Knud van Eeden
>
>
>
>