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+title: Colors in Minicom
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+To start `minicom` in color mode use
+
+```
+minicom -c on
+```
+
+Switch terminal emulation to ANSI.
+
+Use escape sequences to actually change the color of text as described for instance here 
+
+https://www.lihaoyi.com/post/BuildyourownCommandLinewithANSIescapecodes.html.
+
+The base sequence is `\1b[Xm` where X is a number as described below.
+
+To get the colors in bright style, use the sequence `\x1b[X;1m`.
+
+Number | Color
+----|----
+0 | reset
+1 | highlight
+7 | inverse
+30 | black
+31 | red
+32 | green
+33 | yellow
+34 | blue
+35 | magenta
+36 | cyan
+37 | white
+