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Lynn McGuire to All

Re: Bold print

12 Jan 24 22:14:21

   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/12/2024 7:54 AM, db wrote:   
   > I have a program that reads a file of birthdays and prints   
   > out impending ones when I activate my (Linux) console.   
   > It first prints a header   
   >   
   >    print '(/" Birthdays:")'   
   >   
   > Is it possible to get it to print that in bold or a colour?   
   > If yes, how?   
      
   Ok, I'll bite.  So what is the device that you are printing to ?   
      
   If the device is a screen then there are control codes that you must   
   print also.   
      
   If the device is a file then, no way.  This is the reason that HTML was   
   invented.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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