REQUEST: COLORS

A while back someone posted an explanation of how colors and some other 
commands work.  I know that in  ^[[5;1;32m  5 makes things blink, 1 makes 
them high intensity, and 32m is bright green.  What I have trouble with 
is that this is exactly what I type and the characters following it don't 
change and the code shows, even after I mail it to someone.

Any help would be appreciated.
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3AA> A while back someone posted an explanation of how colors and some other3
3AA> commands work.  I know that in  ^[[5;1;32m  5 makes things blink, 1 mak3
3AA> them high intensity, and 32m is bright green.  What I have trouble with3
3AA> is that this is exactly what I type and the characters following it don3
3AA> change and the code shows, even after I mail it to someone.            3
3AA>                                                                        3
3AA> Any help would be appreciated.                                         3
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One thing to remember [I'll use the code ^[[0m^[[7m, or turn on plain text,
then invert]:

It looks like ^[[0m^[[7m, but the ^[ is ESC... So, you hit

<ESCAPE> [ 0 m <ESCAPE> [ 7 m     [no spaces]

Good luck.
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Albert <eap...@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu> wrote:

> A while back someone posted an explanation of how colors and some other 
> commands work.  I know that in  ^[[5;1;32m  5 makes things blink, 1 makes 
> them high intensity, and 32m is bright green.  What I have trouble with 
> is that this is exactly what I type and the characters following it don't 
> change and the code shows, even after I mail it to someone.

> Any help would be appreciated.

^[ doesn't work as far as I know.  Here's the easy way.

If you still have that ansi, import that ansiinto any normal ascii
editing program that has a Search/Replace feature.  

OK, Search for ^[ and replace all occurances of that with the ansi
<esc> code.  That's Ascii-27 (the left pointing arrow character) and
you should be able to enter it by holding down the <Alt> key and enter
"27" on the Number Pad and then let go of the <Alt> key.  If you don't
get the <- character, you need to use a better editing program. <g>

However, even if you do get the <- character in there, it STILL won't
work if you upload that ansi as a message on the InterNet cuz most
systems run Unix, and Unix don't know from DOS' <- character.  It'll
be clobbered, ruining the ansi.

What to do?  Send it up as a UUEncoded message.  Using a Reader
program like FreeAgent, that's done automagically by the program if
you file attach the straight ansi code file.

I'm posting this as I just saw you message, but I'll follow-up
privately with a ansi and some simple (I hope) instructions on 
how to see the ansi.

Joey.. er... NumbNutz  <g>

yeah, please if someone knows how to have view or any info on color 
ascii, very very appreciated.

mis...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Mr C Tsui) wrote:

> yeah, please if someone knows how to have view or any info on color 
> ascii, very very appreciated.

Here you go...

The following UUEncoded shareware program (SMILEQ20.ZIP including some
ansi/music) is as simple to use as the DOS "type filename" command.
Also includes it's own internal Ansi driver, so you don't even need
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file.

Enjoy!   

Joey

Does anyone know where I can get romantic/friendship type ascii art? You 
know,flowers, hugs, teddy bears, etc.

Thanks much.

Cheers
George