How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

[Larry Alkoff]

I use 4dos a free command.com emulator which has many more functions 
than command.com.

It has the ability to display a directory listing in color, similar to 
what happen with --color=auto in an xterm.

Can anyone help me to get color in an xdosemu terminal?

Larry
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Re: How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

[Damyan Ivanov]

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-=| Larry Alkoff, Mon, 21 May 2007 21:30:47 -0500 |=-
> I use 4dos a free command.com emulator which has many more functions 
> than command.com.
> 
> It has the ability to display a directory listing in color, similar
> to what happen with --color=auto in an xterm.
> 
> Can anyone help me to get color in an xdosemu terminal?

If I remember correctly, you need to load ansi.sys in config.sys so
4dos is able to use colors. Sorry if you already tried that.

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Re: How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

[Larry Alkoff]

Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> -=| Larry Alkoff, Mon, 21 May 2007 21:30:47 -0500 |=-
>> I use 4dos a free command.com emulator which has many more functions 
>> than command.com.
>>
>> It has the ability to display a directory listing in color, similar
>> to what happen with --color=auto in an xterm.
>>
>> Can anyone help me to get color in an xdosemu terminal?
> 
> If I remember correctly, you need to load ansi.sys in config.sys so
> 4dos is able to use colors. Sorry if you already tried that.
> 


Damyan thank you very much.  Problem solved.

I had been loading nansi.sys which comes with freedos in config.sys.  It 
was obviously doing something but no color.

Your email prompted me to dig up an old copy of ansi.sys and _that_ 
worked right off the bat!

I'm so happy to finally have color.

Gratefully,
Larry

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Re: How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

[Larry Alkoff]

Problems solved:

The problem of getting colorized prompts and directory listings under 
4dos has been completely solved with nansi 4.0d.

Additionally, I now get black letters on a bright white background with 
nansi 4.0d using the patch below:

Larry

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Re: [Freedos-user] How to get colorized directory in a dosemu prompt?

[Larry Alkoff]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
Oops I forgot to list the patch.
Here is the whole message:

Problems with nansi and 4dos solved:

The problem of getting colorized prompts and directory listings under 
4dos has been completely solved with nansi 4.0d.

Additionally, I now get black letters on a bright white background with 
nansi 4.0d using the patch below:

c:>debug nansi.sys
 > -e 6a2
 > 0...:06A2  7F.ff
 > -w
 > Writing 1345 bytes.
 > -q


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