How to make win32 console recognize ANSI/VT100 escape sequences?

Question

I\'m building a lightweight version of the ncurses library. So far, it works pretty well with VT100-compatible terminals, but win32 console fails to recognise the \\03

Answer 1

Starting from Windows 10, you can use ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING to enable ANSI escape sequences:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/mt638032(v=vs.85).aspx