Just in case somebody wonders what I'm talking about here is an example (^[ is an escape character):
-------------------------------------------------------------------- ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Running emerge --sync ... ^[[A^[[73G ^[[34;01m[ ^[[32;01mok^[[34;01m ]^[[0m ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Running update-eix ... ^[[A^[[73G ^[[34;01m[ ^[[32;01mok^[[34;01m ]^[[0m -------------------------------------------------------------------- ^[[32;01m = green ^[[0m = black ^[[73G = right justify ^[[34;01m = blue ^[[A = ????? -- Bo Andresen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
