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- From: mario@leonardo.et.tudelft.nl (Mario Konijnenburg)
- Subject: Re: ANSI ESC sequence, how??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.081140.1267@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Dec23.195236.28511@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:11:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.195236.28511@netcom.com>, mjb@netcom.com (Martin Brown) writes:
- > I have ansi.sys installed, and have received some ansi msg's that seem to be
- > working. Now that I want to do some ansi coding, I can't figure out how to
- > actually enter (which keys to push) the 'esc' part of the sequence. I'm trying
- > to do this at the command prompt.
- >
- > Take for instance changing the screen background to blue. The manual shows:
- >
- > ESC[44m
- >
- > What keys do I actually hit to get the ESC (or is it ESC[ ?) part of the line.
- > If I hit the Esc key, I get a \ followed by a cr/lf, so that the 44m comes on
- > the next line. I hit return, and DOS says command not recognized.
- >
- > I believe I've tried all permutations ctrl,alt,shift,-Esc with no joy.
- >
- > Any help would be appreciated!
- >
- > Thanx!
- >
- > Have a HAPPY HOLIDAY!!
- >
- > --
- >
- > - mjb -
- >
- > mjb@netcom.com
- >
-
- You can't use the ANSI-codes directly at the command-prompt.
- To change the screen background line use the 'prompt' command.
- When you type at your command-prompt:
-
- prompt $e[44m $p$g
-
- the screen background line will change to blue.
-
- $e is ASCII code 27 (=escape character).
- $p shows the working directory of the default drive
- $g shows the ASCII character '>'
-
- See your dos-manual for more codes of the 'prompt'-command
-
- greetings, Mario Konijnenburg
-
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