scr_printf: implement color management via custom escape code - #906
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this PR makes scr_printf coloring simpler, via a custom escape sequence
this is a hybrid between actual ansi escapes, and windows
colorcommand from cmd.exe just to keep impl small and the sequence as small as posiblethere are 16 default colors (that the program can customize)
the sequence is \x1b followed by two hex chars
to avoid C compiler messing up, its better to use the octal version of the escape
as an example: