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- ANSI CONTROL Version 2.0
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- Easy control of ANSI.SYS
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- (c) 1992 by Paul Golder
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- USERS GUIDE
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- Both this documentation and the program are
- Copyright (c) 1991-1992 by Paul Golder
- All Rights Reserved
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- INDEX
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- What is ANSI CONTROL?........................ 2
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- Overview of the ANSI driver.................. 2
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- Using ANSI CONTROL........................... 3
- Help screen............................ 3
- Screen color commands.................. 3
- Screen mode commands................... 4
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- ANSI CONTROL's history....................... 4
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- What's next.................................. 4
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- Disclaimer................................... 5
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- License...................................... 5
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- Support...................................... 5
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- WHAT IS ANSI CONTROL:
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- Ansi Control is a program that gives you easy control
- of your screen colors, and modes without having to remember
- cryptic ANSI commands.
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- OVERVIEW OF THE ANSI DRIVER:
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- ANSI is a enhanced console driver that gives you more
- control over your screen and keyboard. It was developed for
- programers by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI),
- to provide a standard for screen and keyboard control. This
- seems like a nice ideal, but most programs bypass ANSI and
- write directly to the screen for speed. As it so happens DOS
- doesn't do that, so if ANSI is installed we can use it with
- DOS.
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- To use ANSI CONTROL you must install ANSI.SYS first. To
- install ANSI you have to include the following line in your
- CONFIG.SYS file on your boot disk:
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- DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
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- If ANSI.SYS is not in the root directory of your boot
- disk you have to include a path specification in the line:
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- DEVICE=[drive][path]ANSI.SYS
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- For example if you boot your system from drive C, and
- ANSI.SYS is located in the \DOS sub directory the line would
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- DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
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- Once you have ANSI installed you can start using it.
- To use ANSI all you have to do is send the ANSI control codes
- to the screen (console). The only problem is that the ANSI
- control codes are very cryptic.
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- This is where ANSI CONTROL comes in. Instead of having to
- remember ANSI's cryptic commands and finding a way of getting
- them to the screen, you can use ANSI CONTROL with its
- descriptive-english commands. And it will do the work for you.
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- USING ANSI CONTROL:
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- Help screen:
- To view the ANSI CONTROL help screen, at the DOS prompt
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- C:\>ANSICTRL
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- and hit enter. The screen will clear and you will see:
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- ANSI CONTROL Version 2.0
- (c) 1991-1992 by
- Paul Golder
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- Syntax: ANSICTRL [option] [option]
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- Options: foreground [color]
- background [color]
- Colors: black, red, green, yellow,
- blue, magenta, cyan, white.
- screen [mode]
- Modes: reset, bold, reverse, blink
- co40, co80, bw40, bw80
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- Also if ANSI CONTROL doesn't recognize the options you
- entered it will display the help screen.
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- Color control commands:
- The use of ANSI CONTROL's screen color commands is
- pretty much self explanatory. For example entering:
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- C:\>ANSICTRL foreground red
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- will set the foreground color of your screen to red, and
- clear the screen. Likewise entering:
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- C:\>ANSICTRL background blue
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- will set the background color of your screen to blue, and
- clear the screen.
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- To save keystrokes foreground, and background can be
- abbreviated as f, and b. Also the colors can be abbreviated
- up to the last significant letter, for example blu, bla, w,
- c,..etc.
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- A note of Caution, all screen color combinations are
- possible. Which means the screen can be accidentally blanked
- (I've done it before). If this happens just enter:
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- C:\>ANSICTRL screen reset
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- Screen mode commands:
- The screen modes offer you a variety of screen
- enhancements. The following is a list of each of the mode
- options available, and a description of what each one does.
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- RESET --- Resets bold, reverse, and blink to normal. Also
- resets the screen colors to white on black.
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- BOLD --- Sets the foreground color to high intensity.
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- REVERSE --- Reverses the foreground and background colors.
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- BLINK --- Sets the foreground color to blinking.
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- CO40 --- Sets the screen mode to color and 40 columns.
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- CO80 --- Sets the screen mode to color and 80 columns.
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- BW40 --- Sets the screen mode to monochrome and 40 columns.
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- BW80 --- Sets the screen mode to monochrome and 80 columns.
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- As with the color commands the screen modes can be
- abbreviated to the last significant letter, or number.
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- ANSI CONTROL'S HISTORY:
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- Version 2.0:
- With this version ANSI CONTROL takes its first step to
- becoming a real program. Originally a BAT file it is now an
- assembled (fast) COM file (with lots of room for growth).
- There were also some document changes.
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- Version 1.0:
- Initial Release.
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- WHAT'S NEXT:
- The next major version of ANSI CONTROL will contain
- "easy keyboard redefinement".
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- DISCLAIMER:
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- This program is supplied as-is. The author disclaims
- all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
- limitation, the warranties of merchantability and the
- warranties of fitness for any purpose. The author shall not
- be responsible for any direct or indirect loss resulting from
- the use or misuse of this product.
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- LICENSE:
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- Version 2.0 of ANSI CONTROL is free for personal use.
- You are free to distribute this program and documentation
- together, unaltered. Copies may not be sold for more than
- the cost of the medium on which they are copied, and a
- reasonable handling charge.
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- SUPPORT:
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- Any questions, comments, suggestions, or bug reports
- can be sent to me at the following address:
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- Paul Golder
- P.O. Box 242
- Elkton, Mi.
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