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On Windows, the console mode flag `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING` determines whether or not ANSI escape codes are parsed/acted on. On the newer Windows Terminal, this flag is set by default, but on the older Windows Console, it is not set by default, but *can* be enabled (since Windows 10 RS1 from June 2016). The new `File.getOrEnableAnsiEscapeSupport` function will get the current status of ANSI escape code support, but will also attempt to enable `ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING` on Windows if necessary which will provide better/more consistent results for things like `std.Progress` and `std.io.tty`. This type of change was not done previously due to a mistaken assumption (on my part) that the console mode would persist after the run of a program. However, it turns out that the console mode is always reset to the default for each program run in a console session.