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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 1 Dec 1995.
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Request: ANSI-Code Table

Request: ANSI-Code Table

rec.arts.ascii · 2 messages · 1 Dec 1995 - 3 Dec 1995
Vi Nham <vnh...@socs.uts.EDU.AU> 1 Dec 1995 00:00 · permalink 
Hi everyone,

I am currently looking for a list of ANSI commands code.
Does anyone know where I can get a list of ANSI code?

Thanks in advance for any information,

Regards,
Vi

(vnh...@socs.uts.EDU.AU)
Joey <Joe...@ptd.net> ASCII art 3 Dec 1995 00:00 · permalink 
vnh...@socs.uts.EDU.AU (Vi Nham) wrote:
| Hi everyone,
| 
| I am currently looking for a list of ANSI commands code.
| Does anyone know where I can get a list of ANSI code?
| 
| Thanks in advance for any information,

They should be listed in your DOS Manual but here you go!  :)

            Note: ESC = ASCII #27, the left pointing arrow character

.--------------------- ANSI.SYS Quick Reference Guide
---------------------.
|    Display Attributes        Set Display Modes        Cursor Control       |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ESC[1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8m     |  ESC[=<mode>H        |  ESC[<rows>A  Up        J|
|                          |                      |  ESC[<rows>B  Down      H|
|   0    White on Black    |  0 25x40 BW          |  ESC[<rows>C  Right     W|
|   1    High intensity    |  1 25x40 Color       |  ESC[<rows>D  Left       |
|   2    Underscore (mda)  |  2 25x80 BW          |  ESC[<r;c>H   Move      1|
|   5    Blink on          |  3 25x80 Color       |  ESC[s        Save      9|
|   7    Reverse Video     |  4 200x320 Clr Gfx   |  ESC[u        Restore   9|
|   8    Screen off        |  5 200x320 BW  Gfx   |  ESC[2J       CLS       1|
|--------------------------|  6 200x640 B&W Gfx   |  ESC[K        Clear line |
| Foreground    Background |----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| ESC[=7l Line Wrap OFF| Keyboard Re-assignment   |
| 30  Black    40  Black   | ESC[=7h Line Wrap ON |--------------------------|
| 31  Red      41  Red     |----------------------| ESC[<code>;<result>p     |
| 32  Green    42  Green   | If you ever have the |                          |
| 33  Brown    43  Brown   | problem where ANSI   | Code/result may be ASC   |
| 34  Blue     44  Blue    | is displayed at row  | or scankey value. Result |
| 35  Magenta  45  Magenta | 1 column 80 until it | may be characters within |
| 36  Cyan     46  Cyan    | is done, use WordWrap| quotes for words to echo |
| 37  White    47  White   | ON command above.    | when key is pressed.     |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Joey

[ A Day Without Ansi Is Like Mono. ]
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