Console Question

[Jesus805]

Is it possible to create layers in a console, like photoshop has different layers in a picture.

I want to do something like

Background filled with a certain character -> My text on top of the background without replacing the background

It's for a project and I want to simply know if its possible regardless if its good programming practice or not, thanks for any help in advance

[Stewbond]

I don't think so. The console is VERY limited in capabilities. Pretty much all of the configurable settings there can be found in the registry editor under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Console. There are some windows functions for setting these such as SetConsoleTextAttribute() which will change colours.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682055(v=vs.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682073(v=vs.85).aspx

Some alternative solutions would be:
- Create your own style of console using Win32.
- Use a library such as ncurses.