Talk:ANSI escape code
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How can a document with ANSI escapes be converted into a more portable form? I would like to send such a document, but the receiver has no ANSI terminal. -- Thomas Hafner
I'm sure there are plenty tools on the web; I know a plug-in for FAR (File and Archive Manager); it can view the .ANS files and translate them to HTML format.
Also, there are also codes for terminal keys (F1-F12, PageUp/Down etc). Does anyone have a list of those codes?
-- Vladimir Panteleev
This is kind of DOS biased; also, a reference to ansi.sys documentation (for the dos-specific stuff) would be good, if any exists --Random832(tc) 08:29, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. The article lacks a bigger picture - text terminals are only briefly mentioned and even the VT100 is totally omitted although it has had a lot of influence on the implementations of ANSI X3.64. A little bit of history wouldn't hurt, especially since the de-facto combination of standards has evolved over time. --Viznut 12:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] ISO 6429
The C0 and C1 control codes article says C1 control codes are defined in ISO 6429. ISO 6429 redirect to this article, ANSI escape code. But in this article, C1 control codes are not discussed. Does C1 have actually anyhting to do with ANSI escape codes? --Abdull 08:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- Answer to myself. According to the official ECMA-048 5th edition, ECMA-048 4th edition was adopted as ISO 6429 2nd edition. ECMA-048 5th edition was adopted as ISO/IEC 6429 3rd edition. ECMA-048 5th edition defines both the so called ANSI escape codes, as well as the C0 set (PDF page 22) and the C1 set (PDF pages 22, 23). By the way CSI can either be the true CSI character from the C1 set, or be a 7-bit safe sequence of ESC character plus [ (bracket, ASCII 0x5B). --Abdull 10:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Display codes
This article only covers display codes. ANSI X3.64 covered any output device, but was fairly open about implementation. Many printer companies used variations of ANSI over the years— Digital, Texas Instruments, Printronix, Tally, GENICOM and more. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 21:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
