From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,37c84cd461db9efe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-14 15:01:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Escape codes References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1047682887 12.234.13.56 (Fri, 14 Mar 2003 23:01:27 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 23:01:27 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 23:01:27 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35349 Date: 2003-03-14T23:01:27+00:00 List-Id: > Put (Item => ASCII.ESC); > Put (Item => "[2J"); >It's meant to clear the screen but all it does is display a small left arrow >then [2J Just as the image for '[' is a vertical line on the left and two short horizontal lines at top and bottom, the image for Esc is a small left arrow. If you want Esc to not be displayed, but rather to perform a control action, you'll need a terminal or terminal driver that does that special handling for Esc. As you see, not all do. Some versions of DOS and Windows allow you to run Ansi.sys and get the Ansi control effect you want. Not all.