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DateSat, 6 Oct 2007 02:26:38 +0200 (CEST)
FromJan Engelhardt <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Cute feature: colored printk output

On Oct 6 2007 02:23, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>
>>Not convinced WRT ASCII color codes, though. ASCII doesn't contain
>>codes for changing colors. Perhaps some specific "extended ASCII"?
>
>Start up QBasic, issue
> COLOR 1
>=> blue.
>
>Apply said patch, issue
> vt.printk_color=0x01
>=> you get what?
>
>So! :)

What we see here might not be "ASCII", but "VGA-specific color values".
It's just that I call it ASCII since it's the mirrored opposite of ANSI.
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