[comp.unix.questions] VT100 BOX CHARACTERS - HOW TO ??

dcolman@gara.une.oz.au (Doug Colman) (03/22/91)

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  Can anyone explain (or send a simple file) regarding the creating
  of box drawing (and other non-standard ascii) characters on vt100
                       type terminals ?????
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mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (03/26/91)

In article <5745@gara.une.oz.au>, dcolman@gara.une.oz.au (Doug Colman) writes:
> Can anyone explain (or send a simple file) regarding the creating of
> box drawing (and other non-standard ascii) characters on vt100 type
> terminals ?????

This really isn't a UNIX question....

ESC ( 0 should then result in characters 96-126 (lower-case letters
plus `, {, |, }, and ~) coming out as various graphics characters.  To
go back, ESC ( B.  Other things are possible, but may or may not be
implemented in your terminal - check the manual for details.

If you want to design your own characters, you're out of luck, at least
on a real VT-100.

					der Mouse

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