[gentoo-user] [OT] Terminal formatting and colors escape sequences

[Bo Andresen]

I know this is very off topic, but I have no idea how to find a place where it 
actually is on topic.. so I'm posting it here.

I wish to be able to run a program (eix-sync/diff-eix) in cron that prints 
colors (with use of --force-color) and then send that colored output as a 
mail. In order to get colors in a mail a have to use html. If there exist a 
program that is capable of converting escape sequences used for formatting 
and coloring an xterm to html I would love to know about it. 

Otherwise I'll make it myself (with a very limited range of supported escape 
sequences). My problem is that I am unable to locate a reference that defines 
the escape sequences. Guessing by testing with xterm isn't really a optimal 
way to find out...

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Bo Andresen
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