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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 8 Nov 1994.
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ANIMATION CODES FOR VT100 EDT

ANIMATION CODES FOR VT100 EDT

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 8 Nov 1994 - 8 Nov 1994
Here are animation codes that will work with vt100 EDT editor using escape
characters...I have some sample animations if you want them 

--

                     .---.        .-----------------
                    /     \  __  /    ---------- HE WILL ALWAYS VALUE HIS
                   / /     \(--)/    ------        DOMAIN MORE THAN HIS OWN
                  //////   ' \/ `   ----             LIFE...ITS SEAL IS 
                 //// / // :    : ---                 ALWAYS PROTECTED AND
                / //  /    :    :                      SHALL NEVER BE BROKEN
                // /      /`    '--                  -=<<\
               //          //..\\                        >\
        -=<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<UU<<<<UU<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<||((*))#########]*
                          '//||\\`                       >/
                             ''``                    -=<</
                    V I P E R ' S    D O M A I N

Bruce E. Noble (bno...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:

       (0yyyyyyyyyyyyy(B Styles of Writing (0zzzzzzzzzzzzzz(B
                    Arranged by Nazhuret
                      (Best on IBM's)
(0loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook(B
(0x(B[1mBOLD     = <ESC>[1m          <ESC>[22m turns BOLD off[0m(0      x
x(B[4mUNDERLINE = <ESC>[4m         <ESC>[24m turns UNDERLINE off[0m(0 x
x(B[5mBLINK    = <ESC>[5m          <ESC>[25m turns BLINKING off[0m(0  x
x(B[7mINVERSE  = <ESC>[7m          <ESC>[27m turns INVERSE off[0m(0   x
x(BNORMAL   = <ESC>[0m(0                                        x
moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooj(B

(0[0;36mlooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook(B
(0[1;30mx(B[1;30mblack     = <ESC>[0;30m       [1;30mbright black  = <ESC>[1;30m(0 x
x(B[0;31mred       = <ESC>[0;31m       [1;31mbright red    = <ESC>[1;31m(0 x
x(B[0;32mgreen     = <ESC>[0;32m       [1;32mbright green  = <ESC>[1;32m(0 x
x(B[0;33mbrown     = <ESC>[0;33m       [1;33myellow        = <ESC>[1;33m(0 x
x(B[0;34mblue      = <ESC>[0;34m       [1;34mbright blue   = <ESC>[1;34m(0 x
x(B[0;35mpurple    = <ESC>[0;35m       [1;35mlavender      = <ESC>[1;35m(0 x
x(B[0;36mcyan      = <ESC>[0;36m       [1;36mbright cyan   = <ESC>[1;36m(0 x
x(B[0;37mgray      = <ESC>[0;37m       [1;37mbold gray     = <ESC>[1;37m(0 x
[0;36mmooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooj(B
[0;32m

Note that the case of the characters after the [ is important.  That is, 
[4a won't move the cursor, and [1;20R won't set any scroll regions)
(from the vt220 reference book)

[1mRandom Cursor Access on VT220 terminals.
(0[4mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[0;32m(B 
 <ESC>[xA     !move up x lines, same col.
 <ESC>[xB     !move down x lines, same col.
 <ESC>[xC     !move right x columns, same line.
 <ESC>[xD     !move left x columns, same line.
 <ESC>E       !locates at first spot next line.
 <ESC>[x;yH   !locates at row,col (x,y).
 <ESC>[xJ     !erases cursor pos to end of screen. x<>0,1,2
 <ESC>[x;0J   !erases cursor pos to end of screen.
 <ESC>[x;1J   !erases beg. of screen to and including cursor pos.
 <ESC>[x;2J   !erases entire screen.
 <ESC>[xK     !erases cursor pos to end of line. x<> 0,1,2
 <ESC>[x;0K   !erases cursor pos to end of line.
 <ESC>[x;1K   !erases beg. of line to and including cursor pos.
 <ESC>[x;2K   !erases entire current line.
 <ESC>[xX     !erases cursor pos and next x chars.
 <ESC>[t;br   !sets lines from t to b as a scroll region.
 <ESC>[r      !turns off scroll region.

[1mTo turn on several things at once, separate them by semicolons.[0m
(0[4moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[0;32m(B
  eg. <ESC>[22;7m  !turns intensity off and reverse video on at the same time,
                   !but will not affect other attributes.

[1mSingle Height letters.[0m
(0[4mooooooooooooooooooooo[0;32m(B
 <ESC>#5string    !prints string in single width.
 <ESC>#6string    !prints string in double width.
 <ESC>#3topstring !prints top half of double-height string*
 <ESC>#4botstring !prints bot half of double-height string*
                            
                    *Top and bottom strings must be identical.

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