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From: teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: printing in reverse-video at the bottom line
Message-ID: <1990Aug6.172535.24708@ioe.lon.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Aug 90 17:25:35 GMT
References: <1184@carol.fwi.uva.nl>
Reply-To: teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
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In article <1184@carol.fwi.uva.nl> linden@fwi.uva.nl (Onno van der Linden) writes:
>
> Is there anyone who can give an answer to question asked in the comments
>below ??
>
>/*
> * Start this program AT THE BOTTOM LINE of your screen,otherwise no
> * difference will be seen.
> * On a SUN console and some kind of vt220 terminal,I got:
> * [Test] (Test printed in reverse-video)
> * (empty line,normal-video)
> * [Test] (Test printed in reverse-video)
> * Starting the program with ansi.sys or nansi.sys or nnansi.sys or zansi.sys
> * installed under dos 4.0 (I don't think the dos version matters) I got:
> * [Test] (Test printed in reverse mode)
> * [                                            ] (line in reverse-video)
> * [Test                                        ] (Test printed in one
> *                                                 reverse-video line)
> *
> * The behaviour probably has something to do with scrolling.
> *
> * Question:
> * Which behaviour is correct and why ?
> */
>main()
>{
>	printf("\033[7mTest\n\nTest\n\033[0m");
>}
>

your print string, in pieces:-

033[7m      set reverse video

Test        arbitrary text

\n\n        two 'newlines'

033[0m      all video attributes off.

(From the 'Extended Screen and keyboard control' ,or 'ansi escape'
codes in the manual(s).