Ansi X3.64 Style Commands - Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual

3. Type an escape sequence, for example, the NLQ On command:
ESC [2"z
What you type will not be echoed on the screen.
4. Hold down the CTRL key and press the backslash ("') key to terminate the
keyboard file.
If your printer supports NLQ
mode,
NLQ will now be on. Any file you COpy or
TYPE to prt: will be printed in near letter quality. You can also use the four steps
above to create small printer command files. For example, you could replace the
prt: in step 1 with ram:NLQon .
Then the four steps will create a file called NLQon in ram:. To tum on NLQ,
copy ram: NLQon to prt:.
ANSI X3.64 Style Commands
. Note: ESC is the Escape key if you are typing a sequence from the keyboard. In
BASIC, it is CHR$(27). In C, ",033 can be used.
LABEL ESCAPE FEATURE
aRIS ESCc · reset
aRIN ESC#l initialize
aIND ESCD line feed
aNEL ESCE return linefeed
aRI
ESCM reverse linefeed
aSGRO ESC[Om normal character set
aSGR3 ESC[3m italics on
aSGR23
ESC[23m
italics off
aSGR4
ESC[4m
underline on
aSGR24 ESC[24m underline off
aSGRl
ESC[lm
boldface on
aSCR22
ESC[22m boldface off
aSFC
ESC[30m to ESC[39m set foreground color
aSBC
ESC[40m to ESC[49m set background color
as HORPO
ESC[Ow normal pitch
aSHORP
ESC[2w elite on
aSHORPl
ESC[lw elite off
D-2
Printer Escape Codes