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   Thomas Koenig to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Bold print   
   13 Jan 24 09:33:27   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   > 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.   
      
   Or rather, there are quite a number of ways, depending on how   
   the file is interpreted afterwards.   
      
   Writing HTML to a file and then loading it into a browser is certainly   
   one way.  One thing I someitmes do to write out PostScript from   
   a Fortran program, where you could use setgrbcolor.   
      
   Or you can write out Markdown and insert HTML color.   
      
   Or you can...   
      
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