NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/msdos/misc/6710

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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!tsoft!haymore
From: [e-mail] (Ed Haymore)
Subject: Re: ANSI ESC sequence, how??
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, [phone]
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:17:51 GMT
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> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Martin Brown)
> > I have ansi.sys installed, and have received some ansi msg's that seem to b
> > 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 tr
> > 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 li
> > If I hit the Esc key, I get a  \ followed by a cr/lf, so that the 44m comes
> > the next line.  I hit return, and DOS says command not recognized.
> >

I don't know of a way to do the ANSI commands from the command prompt.
You could set up the echo commands in a batch file (or simply create a
text file to type) within WordPerfect (or some other text editor that
lets you insert an ESCape directly -- in WP, just hold down ALT and press
2 then 7).

Or you can use a dummy character like an @ symbol in the file and then
use a DOS search-with-replace utility to change it to an escape, or use a
binary editor to change it.

--
Ed Haymore ([e-mail])