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From: bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: VT-100 control sequences
Summary: ANSI.SYS != VT100
Message-ID: <3681@rtifs1.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 90 03:30:20 GMT
References: <76?#QL@rpi.edu> <87@demott.COM>
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
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In article <87@demott.COM>, kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
> In article <76?#QL@rpi.edu> skeeve@pawl.rpi.edu (Sean C. Cox) writes:
> >   Does anyone know where I can find a listing of VT-100 control sequences?
> 
>     My copy of the DOS user's manual has such a list under ANSI.SYS,
> with some more information under PROMPT.  kermit's documentation also
> includes those escape sequences. 

Except that ANSI.SYS doesn't accept VT100 control sequences.  The best
that can be said of it is that it is a sick parody of a VT100 - maybe
it should apply for Saturday Night Live.   :-)

Somebody should tell Microsoft that on a real ANSI terminal, ESC [ J
and ESC [ 2 J do NOT do the same things (to name only one of the many
crocks in ANSI.SYS).

The question is, does the original poster want the ANSI.SYS sequences,
VT100/VT200/VT300 sequences, or the full ANSI terminal document?  
Sometimes they seem to be only marginally related to each other ...

						Bruce C. Wright