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

[knud van eeden]

Hello Jürgen,

> in the preferences file that is
shipped (and installed)
with GNU APL (the default colors are for black text (aka. foreground
color) on white (ala.
background color) screens)

Not sure which file (name) that preferences is, I checked 

apl-1.8-windows.zip

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/apl/apl-1.8-windows.zip

and also

apl-1.8.tar.gz

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/apl/apl-1.8.tar.gz

for 

dir  *pref*.* /s

but nothing relevant found.

Thanks

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 08:44:47 PM GMT+2, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann <mail@xn--jrgen-sauermann-zvb.de> wrote:

Hi Knud,

according to:

https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-ansi.html

Windows uses the same ESC sequences as VT100. Maybe it suffices to
un-comment
the white on black screen sequences in the preferences file that is
shipped (and installed)
with GNU APL (the default colors are for black text (aka. foreground
color) on white (ala.
background color) screens).

Make sure that the preferences file is actually loaded ( apl -l 37 )
because cygwin (and also
WINDOWS) uses a different directory structure and therefore GNU APL may
not find it when
started from cmd.exe. Chances are better in cygwin, though.

Best Regards,
Jürgen

On 8/28/22 7:24 PM, knud van eeden wrote:
> 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
> ><https://bit.ly/3AqC5AZ <https://bit.ly/3AqC5AZ>>
> >
> > Thanks
> > with friendly greetings
> > Knud van Eeden
> >
> >
> >
> >
>