S61304@PRIME-A.POLY-SOUTH-WEST.AC.UK ("Simon Chappell") (03/14/90)
<Start of document> MODES TO SET TO RESET MODE NAME MODE SEQUENCE MODE SEQUENCE Line feed/new line New line ESC [20h Line feed ESC [20l* Cursor key mode Application ESC [?1h Cursor ESC [?1l* ANSI/VT52 mode ANSI VT52 ESC [?2l* Column mode 132 col ESC [?3h 80 col ESC [?3l* Scrolling mode Smooth ESC [?4h Jump ESC [?4l* Screen mode Reverse ESC [?5h Normal ESC [?5l* Origin mode Relative ESC [?6h Absolute ESC [?6l* Wraparound On ESC [?7h Off ESC [?7l* Auto repeat On ESC [?8h Off ESC [?8l* Interlace On ESC [?9h Off ESC [?9l* Keypad mode Application ESC = Numeric ESC > * The last character of the sequence is a lowercase L CURSOR MOVEMENT COMMANDS Cursor up ESC [ Pn A Cursor down ESC [ Pn B Cursor forward (right) ESC [ Pn C Cursor backward (left) ESC [ Pn D Direct cursor addressing ESC [ Pl; Pc H * or ESC [ Pl; Pc f * Index ESC D New line ESC E Reverse index ESC M Save cursor and attributes ESC 7 Restore cursor and attributes ESC 8 * Pl = line number, Pc = column number LINE SIZE (DOUBLE-HEIGHT AND DOUBLE-WIDTH) COMMANDS Change this line to double-height top half ESC #3 Change this line to double-height bottom half ESC #4 Change this line to single-width single-height ESC #5 Change this line to double-width single-height ESC #6 CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES ESC [ Ps; Ps; Ps; ... ;Ps m Ps refers to a selective parameter. Multiple parameters are seperated by the semi-colon character. The parameters are executed in order and have the following meanings: 0 or none All attributes off 1 Bold on 4 Underscore on 5 Blink on 7 Reverse video on All other parameter values are ignored. ERASING From cursor to end of line ESC [ K or ESC [ 0 K From beginning of line to cursor ESC [ 1 K Entire line containing cursor ESC [ 2 K From cursor to end of screen ESC [ J or ESC [ 0 J From beginning of screen to cursor ESC [ 1 J Entire screen ESC [ 2 J SCROLLING REGION ESC [ Pt; Pb r Pt is the number of the top line of the scrolling region; Pb is the number of the bottom line of the scrolling region and must be greater than Pt. TAB STOPS Set tab at current column ESC H Clear tab at current column ESC [ g or ESC [ 0 g Clear all tabs ESC [ 3 g <End of document> NOTES ON USING THESE VT SCREEN CONTROL CODES Ignore any spaces in the codes that I have shown. Remember that the case is very important. Note that the 'ESC' is representative of the control code with the ASCII code of 27. Do not type any of the '*' characters, they are only there to draw your attention to various aspects. For some of the escape sequences you _do_ actually use numbers, so where you have things like Pc = column number, actually substitute an integer number instead. I do not know exactly which VT series terminals these are supposed to run on but I know that they worked on the VT320 terminal that I used during my placement year. These escape sequences were supplied during a DEC course but do not have any copyright attached to them so I _think_ that it should be OK to pass them to friends. THE ATARI ST VT52 EMULATOR After a little research through some books I found a list of the VT52 codes implemeted in the Atari VT52 emulator. These codes are slightly different from the above "official" codes, but try them and see. :-) Cursor up ESC A Cursor down ESC B Cursor right ESC C Cursor left ESC D Clear home ESC E Cursor home ESC H Cursor up ESC I Clear below cursor ESC J Clear remainder of line ESC K Insert line ESC L Delete line ESC M Position cursor ESC Y + chr$(32+line) + chr$(32+column) Select character colour ESC b + chr$(colour_number) Select background colour ESC c + chr$(colour_number) Clear screen to cursor position ESC d Enable cursor ESC e Disable cursor ESC f Save cursor position ESC j Set cursor to the saved position ESC k Clear line ESC l Clear from start ESC o Reverse on ESC p Reverse off ESC q Automatic overflow on ESC v Automatic overflow off ESC w I hope that the above lists help in some respects. I make no guarantee about the accuracy of the above information. I also take no responsibility if it makes your computer or monitor blow up, or _ANY OTHER_ bad thing happens as a result of your reading this text. | Simon Chappell | BSc(Hons) Computing and Informatics (final year) | Polytechnic South West (Plymouth) | | The box said nothing, only this time louder. | | JANET S61304@uk.ac.psw.pa BITNET S61304@pa.psw.ac.uk | INTERNET S61304%uk.ac.psw.pa@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk