#include // test program to output something interesting to the screen via VT100 escape sequences int main() { // some raw string literals to do tty manipulation // ESC [ 2 J clears entire screen std::string cls = R"()"; // ESC [ 1 m enter bold mode std::string bold = R"()"; // ESC [ 5 m enter blink mode std::string blink = R"()"; // ESC [ 0 m restore normal attributes std::string normal = R"()"; std::cout << cls << bold << blink << "Something Happened!" << normal << std::endl; }