Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!att!pacbell.com!ames!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES Message-ID: <27611@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 12 Nov 90 06:53:28 GMT References: <102019@cc.utah.edu> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 19 In article <102019@cc.utah.edu> PRASAD@cc.utah.edu writes: > This is my first posting to this newsgroup So? :-) >I wanted to know the ANSI screen control escape sequences >e.g >clear screen >position cursor >etc See ANSI standard X3.64 (I have no idea what the date suffix is). Note that it has no relation at all to X3.159-1989. In other words, the sequences recommeded by ANSI for screen control have absolutely nothing to do with `ANSI C'; in fact, you can use ANSI C on a system that does not have a screen. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 405 2750) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris