initialize_console_colors()

static bool Lila::Commentator::initialize_console_colors ( )

inlinestaticprivate

Definition at line 246 of file Commentator.hpp.

    {
#ifdef _WIN32
        // Enable ANSI escape sequences on Windows 10+
        HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
        if (hOut == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
            return false;
        }
 
        DWORD dwMode = 0;
        if (!GetConsoleMode(hOut, &dwMode)) {
            return false;
        }
 
        dwMode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
        if (!SetConsoleMode(hOut, dwMode)) {
            // Fallback: colors not supported on this Windows version
            return false;
        }
        return true;
#else
        // Unix/Linux/macOS: ANSI colors always supported
        return true;
#endif
    }