ANSWER: How to view ANSI
From Lukasz KUSIOR <lku...@eurinsa.insa-lyon.fr>
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· 2 May 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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Micah D Vono wrote: > I've got some cool .ans files, but I don't know how to view > them. Can somebody help me out? Hi ansi maniacs! To view your files you need a PC with DOS system. You install ANSI.SYS in your config.sys and... Nothing easier - to see your files you type "TYPE filename". You can expect any colored ascii graphics or animation. I don't know if there is ansi for other systems. If you don't have any PC you can try to write your own "ansi" for your machine. The problem is that I don't have the full ansi syntax. You can find something in help for DOS (type "help ansi.sys"). The syntax is very simple. Every ansi command starts by "Esc[" - similar to printer (Epson) commands. I can give you some examples: (Esc means character #27) Esc[x;yH means: move the cursor to x,y Esc[xA means: move the cursor x characters up Esc[xB down Esc[2J means: clear screen Esc[x1;...;xnm means: change the screen parameters for x1,x2,...,xn where xi are the colors of the background, foreground, blinking, etc. Good luck! Enjoy your ansi. p.s. If your files are realy cool, send me some, please. -- ============================================================================= == Lukasz Kusior ___ / lku...@eurinsa.insa-lyon.fr == == INSA de Lyon |__/| ----------------------------------------- == == res. B, ch. 131 (o o) If the railway station is the place where == == tel:(+33)72.43.72.45 (_) trains stop, what is the workstation? == =======================oOO===OOo=============================================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,75a85b71e519e543 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,75a85b71e519e543 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,75a85b71e519e543 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: Lukasz KUSIOR <lku...@eurinsa.insa-lyon.fr> Subject: ANSWER: How to view ANSI Date: 1996/05/02 Message-ID: <4m9j08$p0...@miso.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 152539833 sender: bob...@sashimi.wwa.com references: <4m1oqb$ae...@miso.wwa.com> organization: INSA newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art.animation
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