Colored text in console?

[el3ctrolyte]

I know that i can use the CRT unit. But it implements its own display driver and i don't really like that. How can i get colored text in the console on linux without having to use the CRT unit. I know in c/c++ you use some thing like this:

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1. printf("\033[1;31mbold red text\033[0m\n");

Will this also work with freepascal?

[PascalDragon]

As long as your console understands these sequences, then you can do the same:

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1. Writeln(#&33'[1;31mbold red text'#&33'[0m');

Alternatively there is the LazTermUtils unit by Warfley.