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- From: pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.terminals
- Subject: Re: VT100 code: ESC \
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 16:29:11 GMT
- Lines: 14
- Message-ID: <lj3v2nINNiao@news.bbn.com>
- References: <18625@mindlink.bc.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
- Summary: Meaning of ESC \
-
- In article <18625@mindlink.bc.ca>, Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter) writes:
- > One more vt100 question: Can anyone tell me what an ESC \ sequence is
- > supposed to do? I have several text files describing VT100 codes, and none
- > of them mention this one. Thanks in advance!
- >
-
- Certainly! 'ESC \' is the 7-bit equivilent of the 8-bit 'ST' character; 'ST'
- stands for 'String Terminator' and is used for two things:
-
- (1) To cancel an escape sequence.
- (2) To finish a 'DCS' sequence (DCS is another eight-bit character;
- its 7-bit equivilent is ESC-P
-
- Peter D. Smith
-