[comp.windows.x] The Great Escapes

achoi@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andrew Choi) (12/06/90)

Hi again everyone.

First of all, I want to express my gratitude to the many people
in the net who answer my questions posted earlier.  The net is
such a good and friendly environment.

Second of all, I am just wondering if anyone knows where I can
find a list of escape sequences which, when 'echo'ed, modify
something.  For example, the only two escape sequences which I
know are:

	echo "^[]0;foo^G"

	/* Note that "^[" is the escape, and "^G" is ctrl-g. */
	/* This sequence modifies the window name and the icon */
	/* name (XA_WM_NAME and XA_WM_ICON_NAME properties) */

	echo "^[]50;font^G"

	/* Change current font (30 or 50, I don't quite remember). */

Are there more?

Thanks a lot again.


Name:  Andrew Choi	Internet Address:  achoi@cory.berkeley.edu
Tel:   (415)848-5658
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thoth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Gilligan) (12/06/90)

  Maybe this belongs on the FAQ?  Maybe it is.  The comprehensive list
(to my knowledge) is in the xterm source as ctlseq*.  There is a .txt
and a .ms (roffable).

  An extended document comes with color xterm* that lists its extra
escape codes.


* Tom Weinstein <tomw%esd.sgi.com@SGI.COM>
--
"Until it's on my desk, it's vaporware"  (`it' is the NeXT)
"Those who sacrifice freedom for security will soon have neither"
 - Murph's telnetting to my emacs again. vvv
Ack, help I'm caught in someone elses emacs session!!!!!!!!!! 

dnarain@hecke.helios.nd.edu (Deepak Narain) (12/07/90)

Heres a couple of (actually four) escapes I use: 
( I think that there is a list of these in the FAQ )
	white on black:	echo -n \^]\[\?5h
	black on white:	echo -n \^[\[\?5l
	icon only     :	echo -n "^[]1;text^G"
	wintitle only :	echo -n "^[]2;text^G"
	Note that "^[" is the escape, and "^G" is ctrl-g

	If there are any more, please let me know.
					Deepak Narain
					dnarain@verdi.helios.nd.edu

sivesh@rebels.ingr.com (sivesh pradhaan) (12/09/90)

In article <1990Dec6.205816.2882@news.nd.edu>,
dnarain@hecke.helios.nd.edu (Deepak Narain) writes:
|> Heres a couple of (actually four) escapes I use: 
|> ( I think that there is a list of these in the FAQ )
|> 	white on black:	echo -n \^]\[\?5h
|> 	black on white:	echo -n \^[\[\?5l
|> 	icon only     :	echo -n "^[]1;text^G"
|> 	wintitle only :	echo -n "^[]2;text^G"
|> 	Note that "^[" is the escape, and "^G" is ctrl-g
|> 
|> 	If there are any more, please let me know.
|> 					Deepak Narain
|> 					dnarain@verdi.helios.nd.edu

A complete listing is given in O'Reilly's "X Window System User's Guide" :
appendix F page 681

Happy ^Ging :-)

-Sivesh