#SCREEN DEF..WHAT IS IT?
01-Feb-86 16:09:45
Sb: #6733-#SCREEN DEF..WHAT IS IT?
Fm: Dave Haynie/C128 Land 76703,2047
To: John Mesiavech 75076,1640
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The part that read consol device should have read CLI consol. Output
directed to the CLI (like stdout in C) does SOME ANSI type control, though
I'm not sure how much, or whether the Amiga BIOS supports any of this or if
its unique to the CLI. I first ran across this when porting a VAX
application that used ANSI screen manipulation codes. I got various enhanced
video modes (<ESC>[1m,<ESC>[5m,<ESC>[7m, etc.) but for some reason it didn't
recognize a home-and-clear. Thus, we both agree its a subset, and before I
get any docs I can only guess where the actual translation is done. Though
just about every commercial terminal program I've seen does VT100 emulation,
so either its not as hard to do as it used to be, or there's some level of
support that they can use fo it.