| Summary of ANSI standards for ASCII terminals Joe Smith, 18-May-84 |
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| Contents: |
| 1. Overview and Definitions |
| 2. General rules for interpreting an ESCape Sequence |
| 3. General rules for interpreting a Control Sequence |
| 4. C0 and C1 control codes in numeric order |
| 5. Two and three-character ESCape Sequences in numeric order |
| 6. Control Sequences in numeric order |
| 7. VT100 emulation requirements |
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| The VT100 USER GUIDE and ANSI standard X3.64-1979 both list the ANSI ESCape |
| sequences in alphabetic order by mnemonic, but do not have a have a cross |
| reference in order by ASCII code. This paper lists the combination of all |
| definitions from the three ANSI standards in numeric order. For a description |
| of the advantages of using these standards, see the article "Toward |
| Standardized Video Terminals" in the April-1984 issue of BYTE magazine. |
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| ANSI X3.4-1977 defines the 7-bit ASCII character set (C0 and G0). It was |
| written in 1968, revised in 1977, and explains the decisions made in laying out |
| the ASCII code. In particular, it explains why ANSI chose to make ASCII |
| incompatible with EBCDIC in order to make it self-consistent. |
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| ANSI X3.41-1974 introduces the idea of an 8-bit ASCII character set (C1 and G1 |
| in addition to the existing C0 and G0). It describes how to use the 8-bit |
| features in a 7-bit environment. X3.41 defines the format of all ESCape |
| sequences, but defines only the 3-character ones with a parameter character |
| in the middle. These instruct the terminal how to interpret the C0, G0, C1, |
| and G1 characters (such as by selecting different character-set ROMs). |
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| Note: NAPLPS does videotex graphics by redefining the C1 set and |
| selecting alternate G0, G1, G2, and G3 sets. |
| See the February 1983 issue of BYTE magazine for details. |
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| ANSI X3.64-1979 defines the remaining ESCape sequences. It defines all the C1 |
| control characters, and specifies that certain two-character ESCape sequences |
| in the 7-bit environment are to act exactly like the 8-bit C1 control set. |
| X3.64 introduces the idea of a Control-Sequence, which starts with CSI |
| character, has an indefinite length, and is terminated by an alphabetic |
| character. The VT100 was one of the first terminals to implement this |
| standard. |
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| Definitions: |
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| Control Character - A single character with an ASCII code with the range |
| of 000 to 037 and 200 to 237 octal, 00 to 1F and 80 to 9F hex. |
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| Escape Sequence - A two or three character string staring with ESCape. |
| (Four or more character strings are allowed but not defined.) |
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| Control Sequence - A string starting with CSI (233 octal, 9B hex) or |
| with ESCape Left-Bracket, and terminated by an alphabetic character. |
| Any number of parameter characters (digits 0 to 9, semicolon, and |
| question mark) may appear within the Control Sequence. The terminating |
| character may be preceded by an intermediate character (such as space). |
| Character classifications: |
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| C0 Control 000-037 octal, 00-1F hex (G0 is 041-176 octal, 21-7E hex) |
| SPACE 040+240 octal, 20+A0 hex Always and everywhere a blank space |
| Intermediate 040-057 octal, 20-2F hex !"#$%&'()*+,-./ |
| Parameters 060-077 octal, 30-3F hex 0123456789:;<=>? |
| Uppercase 100-137 octal, 40-5F hex @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_ |
| Lowercase 140-176 octal, 60-7E hex `abcdefghijlkmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ |
| Alphabetic 100-176 octal, 40-7E hex (all of upper and lower case) |
| Delete 177 octal, 7F hex Always and everywhere ignored |
| C1 Control 200-237 octal, 80-9F hex 32 additional control characters |
| G1 Displayable 241-376 octal, A1-FE hex 94 additional displayable characters |
| Special 240+377 octal, A0+FF hex Same as SPACE and DELETE |
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| Note that in this paper, the terms uppercase, lowercase, and alphabetics |
| include more characters than just A to Z. |
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| General rules for interpreting an ESCape Sequence: |
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| An ESCape Sequence starts with the ESC character (033 octal, 1B hex). |
| The length of the ESCape Sequence depends on the character that immediately |
| follows the ESCape. |
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| If the next character is |
| C0 control: Interpret it first, then resume processing ESCape sequence. |
| Example: CR, LF, XON, and XOFF work as normal within an ESCape sequence. |
| Intermediate: Expect zero or more intermediates, a parameter terminates |
| a private function, an alphabetic terminates a standard sequence. |
| Example: ESC ( A defines standard character set, ESC ( 0 a DEC set. |
| Parameter: End of a private 2-character escape sequence. |
| Example: ESC = sets special keypad mode, ESC > clears it. |
| Uppercase: Translate it into a C1 control character and act on it. |
| Example: ESC D does indexes down, ESC M indexes up. (CSI is special) |
| Lowercase: End of a standard 2-character escape sequence. |
| Example: ESC c resets the terminal. |
| Delete: Ignore it, and continue interpreting the ESCape sequence |
| C1 and G1: Treat the same as their 7-bit counterparts |
| |
| Note that CSI is the two-character sequence ESCape left-bracket or the 8-bit |
| C1 code of 233 octal, 9B hex. CSI introduces a Control Sequence, which |
| continues until an alphabetic character is received. |
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| General rules for interpreting a Control Sequence: |
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| 1) It starts with CSI, the Control Sequence Introducer. |
| 2) It contains any number of parameter characters (0123456789:;<=>?). |
| 3) It terminates with an alphabetic character. |
| 4) Intermediate characters (if any) immediately precede the terminator. |
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| If the first character after CSI is one of "<=>?" (074-077 octal, 3C-3F hex), |
| then Control Sequence is to be interpreted according to private standards (such |
| as setting and resetting modes not defined by ANSI). The terminal should |
| expect any number of numeric parameters, separated by semicolons (073 octal, |
| 3B hex). Only after the terminating alphabetic character is received should |
| the terminal act on the Control Sequence. |
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| ============================================================================= |
| C0 set of 7-bit control characters (from ANSI X3.4-1977). |
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| Oct Hex Name * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - --- - -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 000 00 @ NUL * Null filler, terminal should ignore this character |
| 001 01 A SOH Start of Header |
| 002 02 B STX Start of Text, implied end of header |
| 003 03 C ETX End of Text, causes some terminal to respond with ACK or NAK |
| 004 04 D EOT End of Transmission |
| 005 05 E ENQ * Enquiry, causes terminal to send ANSWER-BACK ID |
| 006 06 F ACK Acknowledge, usually sent by terminal in response to ETX |
| 007 07 G BEL * Bell, triggers the bell, buzzer, or beeper on the terminal |
| 010 08 H BS * Backspace, can be used to define overstruck characters |
| 011 09 I HT * Horizontal Tabulation, move to next predetermined position |
| 012 0A J LF * Linefeed, move to same position on next line (see also NL) |
| 013 0B K VT * Vertical Tabulation, move to next predetermined line |
| 014 0C L FF * Form Feed, move to next form or page |
| 015 0D M CR * Carriage Return, move to first character of current line |
| 016 0E N SO * Shift Out, switch to G1 (other half of character set) |
| 017 0F O SI * Shift In, switch to G0 (normal half of character set) |
| 020 10 P DLE Data Link Escape, interpret next control character specially |
| 021 11 Q XON * (DC1) Terminal is allowed to resume transmitting |
| 022 12 R DC2 Device Control 2, causes ASR-33 to activate paper-tape reader |
| 023 13 S XOFF* (DC2) Terminal must pause and refrain from transmitting |
| 024 14 T DC4 Device Control 4, causes ASR-33 to deactivate paper-tape reader |
| 025 15 U NAK Negative Acknowledge, used sometimes with ETX and ACK |
| 026 16 V SYN Synchronous Idle, used to maintain timing in Sync communication |
| 027 17 W ETB End of Transmission block |
| 030 18 X CAN * Cancel (makes VT100 abort current escape sequence if any) |
| 031 19 Y EM End of Medium |
| 032 1A Z SUB * Substitute (VT100 uses this to display parity errors) |
| 033 1B [ ESC * Prefix to an ESCape sequence |
| 034 1C \ FS File Separator |
| 035 1D ] GS Group Separator |
| 036 1E ^ RS * Record Separator (sent by VT132 in block-transfer mode) |
| 037 1F _ US Unit Separator |
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| 040 20 SP * Space (should never be defined to be otherwise) |
| 177 7F DEL * Delete, should be ignored by terminal |
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| ============================================================================== |
| C1 set of 8-bit control characters (from ANSI X3.64-1979) |
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| Oct Hex Name * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - --- - -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 200 80 @ Reserved for future standardization |
| 201 81 A Reserved |
| 202 82 B Reserved |
| 203 83 C Reserved |
| 204 84 D IND * Index, moves down one line same column regardless of NL |
| 205 85 E NEL * NEw Line, moves done one line and to first column (CR+LF) |
| 206 86 F SSA Start of Selected Area to be sent to auxiliary output device |
| 207 87 G ESA End of Selected Area to be sent to auxiliary output device |
| 210 88 H HTS * Horizontal Tabulation Set at current position |
| 211 89 I HTJ Hor Tab Justify, moves string to next tab position |
| 212 8A J VTS Vertical Tabulation Set at current line |
| 213 8B K PLD Partial Line Down (subscript) |
| 214 8C L PLU Partial Line Up (superscript) |
| 215 8D M RI * Reverse Index, go up one line, reverse scroll if necessary |
| 216 8E N SS2 * Single Shift to G2 |
| 217 8F O SS3 * Single Shift to G3 (VT100 uses this for sending PF keys) |
| 220 90 P DCS * Device Control String, terminated by ST (VT125 enters graphics) |
| 221 91 Q PU1 Private Use 1 |
| 222 92 R PU2 Private Use 2 |
| 223 93 S STS Set Transmit State |
| 224 94 T CCH Cancel CHaracter, ignore previous character |
| 225 95 U MW Message Waiting, turns on an indicator on the terminal |
| 226 96 V SPA Start of Protected Area |
| 227 97 W EPA End of Protected Area |
| 230 98 X Reserved for for future standard |
| 231 99 Y Reserved |
| 232 9A Z * Reserved, but causes DEC terminals to respond with DA codes |
| 233 9B [ CSI * Control Sequence Introducer (described in a separate table) |
| 234 9C \ ST * String Terminator (VT125 exits graphics) |
| 235 9D ] OSC Operating System Command (reprograms intelligent terminal) |
| 236 9E ^ PM Privacy Message (password verification), terminated by ST |
| 237 9F _ APC Application Program Command (to word processor), term by ST |
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| ============================================================================== |
| Character set selection sequences (from ANSI X3.41-1974) |
| All are 3 characters long (including the ESCape). Alphabetic characters |
| as 3rd character are defined by ANSI, parameter characters as 3rd character |
| may be interpreted differently by each terminal manufacturer. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 040 20 ANNOUNCER - Determines whether to use 7-bit or 8-bit ASCII |
| A G0 only will be used. Ignore SI, SO, and G1. |
| B G0 and G1 used internally. SI and SO affect G0, G1 is ignored. |
| C G0 and G1 in an 8-bit only environment. SI and SO are ignored. |
| D G0 and G1 are used, SI and SO affect G0. |
| E |
| F * 7-bit transmission, VT240/PRO350 sends CSI as two characters ESC [ |
| G * 8-bit transmission, VT240/PRO350 sends CSI as single 8-bit character |
| 041 21 ! Select C0 control set (choice of 63 standard, 16 private) |
| 042 22 " Select C1 control set (choice of 63 standard, 16 private) |
| 043 23 # Translate next character to a special single character |
| #3 * DECDHL1 - Double height line, top half |
| #4 * DECDHL2 - Double height line, bottom half |
| #5 * DECSWL - Single width line |
| #6 * DECDWL - Double width line |
| #7 * DECHCP - Make a hardcopy of the graphics screen (GIGI,VT125,VT241) |
| #8 * DECALN - Alignment display, fill screen with "E" to adjust focus |
| 044 24 $ MULTIBYTE CHARACTERS - Displayable characters require 2-bytes each |
| 045 25 % SPECIAL INTERPRETATION - Such as 9-bit data |
| 046 26 & Reserved for future standardization |
| 047 27 ' Reserved for future standardization |
| 050 28 ( * SCS - Select G0 character set (choice of 63 standard, 16 private) |
| (0 * DEC VT100 line drawing set (affects lowercase characters) |
| (1 * DEC Alternate character ROM set (RAM set on GIGI and VT220) |
| (2 * DEC Alternate character ROM set with line drawing |
| (5 * DEC Finnish on LA100 |
| (6 * DEC Norwegian/Danish on LA100 |
| (7 * DEC Swedish on LA100 |
| (9 * DEC French Canadian |
| (< * DEC supplemental graphics (everything not in USASCII) |
| (A * UKASCII (British pound sign) |
| (B * USASCII (American pound sign) |
| (C * ISO Finnish on LA120 |
| (E * ISO Norwegian/Danish on LA120 |
| (H * ISO Swedish on LA120 |
| (K * ISO German on LA100,LA120 |
| (R * ISO French on LA100,LA120 |
| (Y * ISO Italian on LA100 |
| (Z * ISO Spanish on LA100 |
| 051 29 ) * SCS - Select G1 character set (choice of 63 standard, 16 private) |
| * (same character sets as listed under G0) |
| 052 2A * * SCS - Select G2 character set |
| * (same character sets as listed under G0) |
| 053 2B + * SCS - Select G3 character set |
| * (same character sets as listed under G0) |
| 054 2C , SCS - Select G0 character set (additional 63+16 sets) |
| 055 2D - SCS - Select G1 character set (additional 63+16 sets) |
| 056 2E . SCS - Select G2 character set |
| 057 2F / SCS - Select G3 character set |
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| ============================================================================== |
| Private two-character escape sequences (allowed by ANSI X3.41-1974) |
| These can be defined differently by each terminal manufacturer. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 060 30 0 |
| 061 31 1 DECGON graphics on for VT105, DECHTS horiz tab set for LA34/LA120 |
| 062 32 2 DECGOFF graphics off VT105, DECCAHT clear all horz tabs LA34/LA120 |
| 063 33 3 DECVTS - set vertical tab for LA34/LA120 |
| 064 34 4 DECCAVT - clear all vertical tabs for LA34/LA120 |
| 065 35 5 * DECXMT - Host requests that VT132 transmit as if ENTER were pressed |
| 066 36 6 |
| 067 37 7 * DECSC - Save cursor position and character attributes |
| 070 38 8 * DECRC - Restore cursor and attributes to previously saved position |
| 071 39 9 |
| 072 3A : |
| 073 3B ; |
| 074 3C < * DECANSI - Switch from VT52 mode to VT100 mode |
| 075 3D = * DECKPAM - Set keypad to applications mode (ESCape instead of digits) |
| 076 3E > * DECKPNM - Set keypad to numeric mode (digits instead of ESCape seq) |
| 077 3F ? |
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| DCS Device Control Strings used by DEC terminals (ends with ST) |
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| Pp = Start ReGIS graphics (VT125, GIGI, VT240, PRO350) |
| Pq = Start SIXEL graphics (screen dump to LA34, LA100, screen load to VT125) |
| Pr = SET-UP data for GIGI, $PrVC0$\ disables both visible cursors. |
| Ps = Reprogram keys on the GIGI, $P0sDIR<CR>$\ makes keypad 0 send "DIR<CR>" |
| 0-9=digits on keypad, 10=ENTER, 11=minus, 12=comma, 13=period, |
| 14-17=PF1-PF4, 18-21=cursor keys. Enabled by $[?23h (PK1). |
| Pt = Start VT105 graphics on a VT125 |
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| ============================================================================== |
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| Standard two-character escape sequences (defined by ANSI X3.64-1979) |
| |
| 100 40 @ See description of C1 control characters |
| An ESCape followed by one of these uppercase characters is translated |
| to an 8-bit C1 control character before being interpreted. |
| 220 90 P DCS - Device Control String, terminated by ST - see table above. |
| 133 5B [ CSI - Control Sequence Introducer - see table below. |
| 137 5F _ See description of C1 control characters |
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| ============================================================================== |
| |
| Independent control functions (from Appendix E of X3.64-1977). |
| These four controls have the same meaning regardless of the current |
| definition of the C0 and C1 control sets. Each control is a two-character |
| ESCape sequence, the 2nd character is lowercase. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 140 60 ` DMI - Disable Manual Input |
| 141 61 a INT - INTerrupt the terminal and do special action |
| 142 62 b EMI - Enable Manual Input |
| 143 63 c * RIS - Reset to Initial State (VT100 does a power-on reset) |
| ... The remaining lowercase characters are reserved by ANSI. |
| 153 6B k NAPLPS lock-shift G1 to GR |
| 154 6C l NAPLPS lock-shift G2 to GR |
| 155 6D m NAPLPS lock-shift G3 to GR |
| 156 6E n * LS2 - Shift G2 to GL (extension of SI) VT240,NAPLPS |
| 157 6F o * LS3 - Shift G3 to GL (extension of SO) VT240,NAPLPS |
| ... The remaining lowercase characters are reserved by ANSI. |
| 174 7C | * LS3R - VT240 lock-shift G3 to GR |
| 175 7D } * LS2R - VT240 lock-shift G2 to GR |
| 176 7E ~ * LS1R - VT240 lock-shift G1 to GR |
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| ============================================================================== |
| Control Sequences (defined by ANSI X3.64-1979) |
| |
| Control Sequences are started by either ESC [ or CSI and are terminated by an |
| "alphabetic" character (100 to 176 octal, 40 to 7E hex). Intermediate |
| characters are space through slash (40 to 57 octal, 20 to 2F hex) and parameter |
| characters are zero through question mark (60 to 77 octal, 30 to 3F hex, |
| including digits and semicolon). Parameters consist of zero or more decimal |
| numbers separated by semicolons. Leading zeros are optional, leading blanks |
| are not allowed. If no digits precede the final character, the default |
| parameter is used. Many functions treat a parameter of 0 as if it were 1. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 100 40 @ ICH - Insert CHaracter |
| [10@ = Make room for 10 characters at current position |
| 101 41 A * CUU - CUrsor Up |
| * [A = Move up one line, stop at top of screen, [9A = move up 9 |
| 102 42 B * CUD - CUrsor Down |
| * [B = Move down one line, stop at bottom of screen |
| 103 43 C * CUF - CUrsor Forward |
| * [C = Move forward one position, stop at right edge of screen |
| 104 44 D * CUB - CUrsor Backward |
| * [D = Same as BackSpace, stop at left edge of screen |
| 105 45 E CNL - Cursor to Next Line |
| [5E = Move to first position of 5th line down |
| 106 46 F CPL - Cursor to Previous Line |
| [5F = Move to first position of 5th line previous |
| 107 47 G CHA - Cursor Horizontal position Absolute |
| [40G = Move to column 40 of current line |
| 110 48 H * CUP - CUrsor Position |
| * [H = Home, [24;80H = Row 24, Column 80 |
| 111 49 I CHT - Cursor Horizontal Tabulation |
| [I = Same as HT (Control-I), [3I = Go forward 3 tabs |
| 112 4A J * ED - Erase in Display (cursor does not move) |
| * [J = [0J = Erase from current position to end (inclusive) |
| * [1J = Erase from beginning to current position (inclusive) |
| * [2J = Erase entire display |
| * [?0J = Selective erase in display ([?1J, [?2J similar) |
| 113 4B K * EL - Erase in Line (cursor does not move) |
| * [K = [0K = Erase from current position to end (inclusive) |
| * [1K = Erase from beginning to current position |
| * [2K = Erase entire current line |
| * [?0K = Selective erase to end of line ([?1K, [?2K similar) |
| 114 4C L * IL - Insert Line, current line moves down (VT102 series) |
| [3L = Insert 3 lines if currently in scrolling region |
| 115 4D M * DL - Delete Line, lines below current move up (VT102 series) |
| [2M = Delete 2 lines if currently in scrolling region |
| 116 4E N EF - Erase in Field (as bounded by protected fields) |
| [0N, [1N, [2N act like [L but within currend field |
| 117 4F O EA - Erase in qualified Area (defined by DAQ) |
| [0O, [1O, [2O act like [J but within current area |
| 120 50 P * DCH - Delete Character, from current position to end of field |
| [4P = Delete 4 characters, VT102 series |
| 121 51 Q SEM - Set Editing extent Mode (limits ICH and DCH) |
| [0Q = [Q = Insert/delete character affects rest of display |
| [1Q = ICH/DCH affect the current line only |
| [2Q = ICH/DCH affect current field (between tab stops) only |
| [3Q = ICH/DCH affect qualified area (between protected fields) |
| 122 52 R * CPR - Cursor Position Report (from terminal to host) |
| * [24;80R = Cursor is positioned at line 24 column 80 |
| 123 53 S SU - Scroll up, entire display is moved up, new lines at bottom |
| [3S = Move everything up 3 lines, bring in 3 new lines |
| 124 54 T SD - Scroll down, new lines inserted at top of screen |
| [4T = Scroll down 4, bring previous lines back into view |
| 125 55 U NP - Next Page (if terminal has more than 1 page of memory) |
| [2U = Scroll forward 2 pages |
| 126 56 V PP - Previous Page (if terminal remembers lines scrolled off top) |
| [1V = Scroll backward 1 page |
| 127 57 W CTC - Cursor Tabulation Control |
| [0W = Set horizontal tab for current line at current position |
| [1W = Set vertical tab stop for current line of current page |
| [2W = Clear horiz tab stop at current position of current line |
| [3W = Clear vert tab stop at current line of current page |
| [4W = Clear all horiz tab stops on current line only |
| [5W = Clear all horiz tab stops for the entire terminal |
| [6W = Clear all vert tabs stops for the entire terminal |
| 130 58 X ECH - Erase CHaracter |
| [4X = Change next 4 characters to "erased" state |
| 131 59 Y CVT - Cursor Vertical Tab |
| [2Y = Move forward to 2nd following vertical tab stop |
| 132 5A Z CBT - Cursor Back Tab |
| [3Z = Move backwards to 3rd previous horizontal tab stop |
| 133 5B [ Reserved for future standardization left bracket |
| 134 5C \ Reserved reverse slant |
| 135 5D ] Reserved right bracket |
| 136 5E ^ Reserved circumflex |
| 137 5F _ Reserved underscore |
| 140 60 ` * HPA - Horizontal Position Absolute (depends on PUM) |
| [720` = Move to 720 decipoints (1 inch) from left margin |
| * [80` = Move to column 80 on LA120 |
| 141 61 a * HPR - Horizontal Position Relative (depends on PUM) |
| [360a = Move 360 decipoints (1/2 inch) from current position |
| * [40a = Move 40 columns to right of current position on LA120 |
| 142 62 b REP - REPeat previous displayable character |
| [80b = Repeat character 80 times |
| 143 63 c * DA - Device Attributes |
| * [c = Terminal will identify itself |
| * [?1;2c = Terminal is saying it is a VT100 with AVO |
| * [>0c = Secondary DA request (distinguishes VT240 from VT220) |
| 144 64 d * VPA - Vertical Position Absolute (depends on PUM) |
| [90d = Move to 90 decipoints (1/8 inch) from top margin |
| * [10d = Move to line 10 if before that else line 10 next page |
| 145 65 e * VPR - Vertical Position Relative (depends on PUM) |
| [720e = Move 720 decipoints (1 inch) down from current position |
| * [6e = Advance 6 lines forward on LA120 |
| 146 66 f * HVP - Horizontal and Vertical Position (depends on PUM) |
| [720,1440f = Move to 1 inch down and 2 inches over (decipoints) |
| * [24;80f = Move to row 24 column 80 if PUM is set to character |
| 147 67 g * TBC - Tabulation Clear |
| * [0g = Clear horizontal tab stop at current position |
| * [1g = Clear vertical tab stop at current line (LA120) |
| * [2g = Clear all horizontal tab stops on current line only LA120 |
| * [3g = Clear all horizontal tab stops in the terminal |
| 150 68 h * SM - Set Mode (. means permanently set on VT100) |
| [0h = Error, this command is ignored |
| * [1h = GATM - Guarded Area Transmit Mode, send all (VT132) |
| [2h = KAM - Keyboard Action Mode, disable keyboard input |
| [3h = CRM - Control Representation Mode, show all control chars |
| * [4h = IRM - Insertion/Replacement Mode, set insert mode (VT102) |
| [5h = SRTM - Status Report Transfer Mode, report after DCS |
| * [6h = ERM - ERasure Mode, erase protected and unprotected |
| [7h = VEM - Vertical Editing Mode, IL/DL affect previous lines |
| [8h, [9h are reserved |
| [10h = HEM - Horizontal Editing mode, ICH/DCH/IRM go backwards |
| [11h = PUM - Positioning Unit Mode, use decipoints for HVP/etc |
| . [12h = SRM - Send Receive Mode, transmit without local echo |
| [13h = FEAM - Format Effector Action Mode, FE's are stored |
| [14h = FETM - Format Effector Transfer Mode, send only if stored |
| [15h = MATM - Multiple Area Transfer Mode, send all areas |
| * [16h = TTM - Transmit Termination Mode, send scrolling region |
| [17h = SATM - Send Area Transmit Mode, send entire buffer |
| [18h = TSM - Tabulation Stop Mode, lines are independent |
| [19h = EBM - Editing Boundary Mode, all of memory affected |
| * [20h = LNM - Linefeed Newline Mode, LF interpreted as CR LF |
| * [?1h = DECCKM - Cursor Keys Mode, send ESC O A for cursor up |
| * [?2h = DECANM - ANSI Mode, use ESC < to switch VT52 to ANSI |
| * [?3h = DECCOLM - COLumn mode, 132 characters per line |
| * [?4h = DECSCLM - SCrolL Mode, smooth scrolling |
| * [?5h = DECSCNM - SCreeN Mode, black on white background |
| * [?6h = DECOM - Origin Mode, line 1 is relative to scroll region |
| * [?7h = DECAWM - AutoWrap Mode, start newline after column 80 |
| * [?8h = DECARM - Auto Repeat Mode, key will autorepeat |
| * [?9h = DECINLM - INterLace Mode, interlaced for taking photos |
| * [?10h = DECEDM - EDit Mode, VT132 is in EDIT mode |
| * [?11h = DECLTM - Line Transmit Mode, ignore TTM, send line |
| [?12h = ? |
| * [?13h = DECSCFDM - Space Compression/Field Delimiting on, |
| * [?14h = DECTEM - Transmit Execution Mode, transmit on ENTER |
| [?15h = ? |
| * [?16h = DECEKEM - Edit Key Execution Mode, EDIT key is local |
| [?17h = ? |
| * [?18h = DECPFF - Print FormFeed mode, send FF after printscreen |
| * [?19h = DECPEXT - Print Extent mode, print entire screen |
| * [?20h = OV1 - Overstrike, overlay characters on GIGI |
| * [?21h = BA1 - Local BASIC, GIGI to keyboard and screen |
| * [?22h = BA2 - Host BASIC, GIGI to host computer |
| * [?23h = PK1 - GIGI numeric keypad sends reprogrammable sequences |
| * [?24h = AH1 - Autohardcopy before erasing or rolling GIGI screen |
| * [?29h = - Use only the proper pitch for the LA100 font |
| * [?38h = DECTEK - TEKtronix mode graphics |
| 151 69 i * MC - Media Copy (printer port on VT102) |
| * [0i = Send contents of text screen to printer |
| [1i = Fill screen from auxiliary input (printer's keyboard) |
| [2i = Send screen to secondary output device |
| [3i = Fill screen from secondary input device |
| * [4i = Turn on copying received data to primary output (VT125) |
| * [4i = Received data goes to VT102 screen, not to its printer |
| * [5i = Turn off copying received data to primary output (VT125) |
| * [5i = Received data goes to VT102's printer, not its screen |
| * [6i = Turn off copying received data to secondary output (VT125) |
| * [7i = Turn on copying received data to secondary output (VT125) |
| * [?0i = Graphics screen dump goes to graphics printer VT125,VT240 |
| * [?1i = Print cursor line, terminated by CR LF |
| * [?2i = Graphics screen dump goes to host computer VT125,VT240 |
| * [?4i = Disable auto print |
| * [?5i = Auto print, send a line at a time when linefeed received |
| 152 6A j Reserved for future standardization |
| 153 6B k Reserved for future standardization |
| 154 6C l * RM - Reset Mode (. means permanently reset on VT100) |
| * [1l = GATM - Transmit only unprotected characters (VT132) |
| . [2l = KAM - Enable input from keyboard |
| . [3l = CRM - Control characters are not displayable characters |
| * [4l = IRM - Reset to replacement mode (VT102) |
| . [5l = SRTM - Report only on command (DSR) |
| * [6l = ERM - Erase only unprotected fields |
| . [7l = VEM - IL/DL affect lines after current line |
| [8l, [9l are reserved |
| . [10l = HEM - ICH and IRM shove characters forward, DCH pulls |
| . [11l = PUM - Use character positions for HPA/HPR/VPA/VPR/HVP |
| [12l = SRM - Local echo - input from keyboard sent to screen |
| . [13l = FEAM - HPA/VPA/SGR/etc are acted upon when received |
| . [14l = FETM - Format Effectors are sent to the printer |
| [15l = MATM - Send only current area if SATM is reset |
| * [16l = TTM - Transmit partial page, up to cursor position |
| [17l = SATM - Transmit areas bounded by SSA/ESA/DAQ |
| . [18l = TSM - Setting a tab stop on one line affects all lines |
| . [19l = EBM - Insert does not overflow to next page |
| * [20l = LNM - Linefeed does not change horizontal position |
| * [?1l = DECCKM - Cursor keys send ANSI cursor position commands |
| * [?2l = DECANM - Use VT52 emulation instead of ANSI mode |
| * [?3l = DECCOLM - 80 characters per line (erases screen) |
| * [?4l = DECSCLM - Jump scrolling |
| * [?5l = DECSCNM - Normal screen (white on black background) |
| * [?6l = DECOM - Line numbers are independent of scrolling region |
| * [?7l = DECAWM - Cursor remains at end of line after column 80 |
| * [?8l = DECARM - Keys do not repeat when held down |
| * [?9l = DECINLM - Display is not interlaced to avoid flicker |
| * [?10l = DECEDM - VT132 transmits all key presses |
| * [?11l = DECLTM - Send page or partial page depending on TTM |
| [?12l = ? |
| * [?13l = DECSCFDM - Don't suppress trailing spaces on transmit |
| * [?14l = DECTEM - ENTER sends ESC S (STS) a request to send |
| [?15l = ? |
| * [?16l = DECEKEM - EDIT key transmits either $[10h or $[10l |
| [?17l = ? |
| * [?18l = DECPFF - Don't send a formfeed after printing screen |
| * [?19l = DECPEXT - Print only the lines within the scroll region |
| * [?20l = OV0 - Space is destructive, replace not overstrike, GIGI |
| * [?21l = BA0 - No BASIC, GIGI is On-Line or Local |
| * [?22l = BA0 - No BASIC, GIGI is On-Line or Local |
| * [?23l = PK0 - Ignore reprogramming on GIGI keypad and cursors |
| * [?24l = AH0 - No auto-hardcopy when GIGI screen erased |
| * [?29l = Allow all character pitches on the LA100 |
| * [?38l = DECTEK - Ignore TEKtronix graphics commands |
| 155 6D m * SGR - Set Graphics Rendition (affects character attributes) |
| * [0m = Clear all special attributes |
| * [1m = Bold or increased intensity |
| * [2m = Dim or secondary color on GIGI (superscript on XXXXXX) |
| [3m = Italic (subscript on XXXXXX) |
| * [4m = Underscore, [0;4m = Clear, then set underline only |
| * [5m = Slow blink |
| [6m = Fast blink (overscore on XXXXXX) |
| * [7m = Negative image, [0;1;7m = Bold + Inverse |
| [8m = Concealed (do not display character echoed locally) |
| [9m = Reserved for future standardization |
| * [10m = Select primary font (LA100) |
| * [11m - [19m = Selete alternate font (LA100 has 11 thru 14) |
| [20m = FRAKTUR (whatever that means) |
| * [22m = Cancel bold or dim attribute only (VT220) |
| * [24m = Cancel underline attribute only (VT220) |
| * [25m = Cancel fast or slow blink attribute only (VT220) |
| * [27m = Cancel negative image attribute only (VT220) |
| * [30m = Write with black, [40m = Set background to black (GIGI) |
| * [31m = Write with red, [41m = Set background to red |
| * [32m = Write with green, [42m = Set background to green |
| * [33m = Write with yellow, [43m = Set background to yellow |
| * [34m = Write with blue, [44m = Set background to blue |
| * [35m = Write with magenta, [45m = Set background to magenta |
| * [36m = Write with cyan, [46m = Set background to cyan |
| * [37m = Write with white, [47m = Set background to white |
| [38m, [39m, [48m, [49m are reserved |
| 156 6E n * DSR - Device Status Report |
| * [0n = Terminal is ready, no malfunctions detected |
| [1n = Terminal is busy, retry later |
| [2n = Terminal is busy, it will send DSR when ready |
| * [3n = Malfunction, please try again |
| [4n = Malfunction, terminal will send DSR when ready |
| * [5n = Command to terminal to report its status |
| * [6n = Command to terminal requesting cursor position (CPR) |
| * [?15n = Command to terminal requesting printer status, returns |
| [?10n = OK, [?11n = not OK, [?13n = no printer. |
| * [?25n = "Are User Defined Keys Locked?" (VT220) |
| 157 6F o DAQ - Define Area Qualification starting at current position |
| [0o = Accept all input, transmit on request |
| [1o = Protected and guarded, accept no input, do not transmit |
| [2o = Accept any printing character in this field |
| [3o = Numeric only field |
| [4o = Alphabetic (A-Z and a-z) only |
| [5o = Right justify in area |
| [3;6o = Zero fill in area |
| [7o = Set horizontal tab stop, this is the start of the field |
| [8o = Protected and unguarded, accept no input, do transmit |
| [9o = Space fill in area |
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| |
| Private Control Sequences (allowed by ANSI X3.41-1974). |
| These take parameter strings and terminate with the last half of lowercase. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 160 70 p * DECSTR - Soft Terminal Reset |
| [!p = Soft Terminal Reset |
| 161 71 q * DECLL - Load LEDs |
| [0q = Turn off all, [?1;4q turns on L1 and L4, etc |
| [154;155;157q = VT100 goes bonkers |
| [2;23!q = Partial screen dump from GIGI to graphics printer |
| [0"q = DECSCA Select Character Attributes off |
| [1"q = DECSCA - designate set as non-erasable |
| [2"q = DECSCA - designate set as erasable |
| 162 72 r * DECSTBM - Set top and bottom margins (scroll region on VT100) |
| [4;20r = Set top margin at line 4 and bottom at line 20 |
| 163 73 s * DECSTRM - Set left and right margins on LA100,LA120 |
| [5;130s = Set left margin at column 5 and right at column 130 |
| 164 74 t * DECSLPP - Set physical lines per page |
| [66t = Paper has 66 lines (11 inches at 6 per inch) |
| 165 75 u * DECSHTS - Set many horizontal tab stops at once on LA100 |
| [9;17;25;33;41;49;57;65;73;81u = Set standard tab stops |
| 166 76 v * DECSVTS - Set many vertical tab stops at once on LA100 |
| [1;16;31;45v = Set vert tabs every 15 lines |
| 167 77 w * DECSHORP - Set horizontal pitch on LAxxx printers |
| [1w = 10 characters per inch, [2w = 12 characters per inch |
| [0w=10, [3w=13.2, [4w=16.5, [5w=5, [6w=6, [7w=6.6, [8w=8.25 |
| 170 78 x * DECREQTPARM - Request terminal parameters |
| [3;5;2;64;64;1;0x = Report, 7 bit Even, 1200 baud, 1200 baud |
| 171 79 y * DECTST - Invoke confidence test |
| [2;1y = Power-up test on VT100 series (and VT100 part of VT125) |
| [3;1y = Power-up test on GIGI (VK100) |
| [4;1y = Power-up test on graphics portion of VT125 |
| 172 7A z * DECVERP - Set vertical pitch on LA100 |
| [1z = 6 lines per inch, [2z = 8 lines per inch |
| [0z=6, [3z=12, [4z=3, [5z=3, [6z=4 |
| 173 7B { Private |
| 174 7C | * DECTTC - Transmit Termination Character |
| [0| = No extra characters, [1| = terminate with FF |
| 175 7D } * DECPRO - Define protected field on VT132 |
| [0} = No protection, [1;4;5;7} = Any attribute is protected |
| [254} = Characters with no attributes are protected |
| 176 7E ~ * DECKEYS - Sent by special function keys |
| [1~=FIND, [2~=INSERT, [3~=REMOVE, [4~=SELECT, [5~=PREV, [6~=NEXT |
| [17~=F6...[34~=F20 ([23~=ESC,[24~=BS,[25~=LF,[28~=HELP,[29~=DO) |
| 177 7F DELETE is always ignored |
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| Control Sequences with intermediate characters (from ANSI X3.64-1979). |
| Note that there is a SPACE character before the terminating alphabetic. |
| |
| Oct Hex * (* marks function used in DEC VT series or LA series terminals) |
| --- -- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 100 40 @ SL - Scroll Left |
| [4 @ = Move everything over 4 columns, 4 new columns at right |
| 101 41 A SR - Scroll Right |
| [2 A = Move everything over 2 columns, 2 new columns at left |
| 102 42 B GSM - Graphic Size Modification |
| [110;50 B = Make 110% high, 50% wide |
| 103 43 C GSS - Graphic Size Selection |
| [120 C = Make characters 120 decipoints (1/6 inch) high |
| 104 44 D FNT - FoNT selection (used by SGR, [10m thru [19m) |
| [0;23 D = Make primary font be registered font #23 |
| 105 45 E TSS - Thin Space Specification |
| [36 E = Define a thin space to be 36 decipoints (1/20 inch) |
| 106 46 F JFY - JustiFY, done by the terminal/printer |
| [0 E = No justification |
| [1 E = Fill, bringing words up from next line if necessary |
| [2 E = Interword spacing, adjust spaces between words |
| [3 E = Letter spacing, adjust width of each letter |
| [4 E = Use hyphenation |
| [5 E = Flush left margin |
| [6 E = Center following text between margins (until [0 E) |
| [7 E = Flush right margin |
| [8 E = Italian form (underscore instead of hyphen) |
| 107 47 G SPI - SPacing Increment (in decipoints) |
| [120;72 G = 6 per inch vertical, 10 per inch horizontal |
| 110 48 H QUAD- Do quadding on current line of text (typography) |
| [0 H = Flush left, [1 H = Flush left and fill with leader |
| [2 H = Center, [3 H = Center and fill with leader |
| [4 H = Flush right, [5 H = Flush right and fill with leader |
| 111 49 I Reserved for future standardization |
| 157 67 o Reserved for future standardization |
| 160 70 p Private use |
| ... May be defined by the printer manufacturer |
| 176 7E ~ Private use |
| 177 7F DELETE is always ignored |
| |
| ============================================================================== |
| Minimum requirements for VT100 emulation: |
| |
| 1) To act as a passive display, implement the 4 cursor commands, the 2 erase |
| commands, direct cursor addressing, and at least inverse characters. |
| The software should be capable of handling strings with 16 numeric parameters |
| with values in the range of 0 to 255. |
| |
| [A Move cursor up one row, stop if a top of screen |
| [B Move cursor down one row, stop if at bottom of screen |
| [C Move cursor forward one column, stop if at right edge of screen |
| [D Move cursor backward one column, stop if at left edge of screen |
| [H Home to row 1 column 1 (also [1;1H) |
| [J Clear from current position to bottom of screen |
| [K Clear from current position to end of line |
| [24;80H Position to line 24 column 80 (any line 1 to 24, any column 1 to 132) |
| [0m Clear attributes to normal characters |
| [7m Add the inverse video attribute to succeeding characters |
| [0;7m Set character attributes to inverse video only |
| |
| 2) To enter data in VT100 mode, implement the 4 cursor keys and the 4 PF keys. |
| It must be possible to enter ESC, TAB, BS, DEL, and LF from the keyboard. |
| |
| [A Sent by the up-cursor key (alternately ESC O A) |
| [B Sent by the down-cursor key (alternately ESC O B) |
| [C Sent by the right-cursor key (alternately ESC O C) |
| [D Sent by the left-cursor key (alternately ESC O D) |
| OP PF1 key sends ESC O P |
| OQ PF2 key sends ESC O Q |
| OR PF3 key sends ESC O R |
| OS PF3 key sends ESC O S |
| [c Request for the terminal to identify itself |
| [?1;0c VT100 with memory for 24 by 80, inverse video character attribute |
| [?1;2c VT100 capable of 132 column mode, with bold+blink+underline+inverse |
| |
| 3) When doing full-screen editing on a VT100, implement directed erase, the |
| numeric keypad in applications mode, and the limited scrolling region. |
| The latter is needed to do insert/delete line functions without rewriting |
| the screen. |
| |
| [0J Erase from current position to bottom of screen inclusive |
| [1J Erase from top of screen to current position inclusive |
| [2J Erase entire screen (without moving the cursor) |
| [0K Erase from current position to end of line inclusive |
| [1K Erase from beginning of line to current position inclusive |
| [2K Erase entire line (without moving cursor) |
| [12;24r Set scrolling region to lines 12 thru 24. If a linefeed or an |
| INDex is received while on line 24, the former line 12 is deleted |
| and rows 13-24 move up. If a RI (reverse Index) is received while |
| on line 12, a blank line is inserted there as rows 12-13 move down. |
| All VT100 compatible terminals (except GIGI) have this feature. |
| ESC = Set numeric keypad to applications mode |
| ESC > Set numeric keypad to numbers mode |
| OA Up-cursor key sends ESC O A after ESC = ESC [ ? 1 h |
| OB Down-cursor key sends ESC O B " " " |
| OC Right-cursor key sends ESC O B " " " |
| OB Left-cursor key sends ESC O B " " " |
| OM ENTER key sends ESC O M after ESC = |
| Ol COMMA on keypad sends ESC O l " " (that's lowercase L) |
| Om MINUS on keypad sends ESC O m " " |
| Op ZERO on keypad sends ESC O p " " |
| Oq ONE on keypad sends ESC O q " " |
| Or TWO on keypad sends ESC O r " " |
| Os THREE on keypad sends ESC O s " " |
| Ot FOUR on keypad sends ESC O t " " |
| Ou FIVE on keypad sends ESC O u " " |
| Ov SIX on keypad sends ESC O v " " |
| Ow SEVEN on keypad sends ESC O w " " |
| Ox EIGHT on keypad sends ESC O x " " |
| Oy NINE on keypad sends ESC O y " " |
| |
| 4) If the hardware is capable of double width/double height: |
| |
| #3 Top half of a double-width double-height line |
| #4 Bottom half of a double-width double-height line |
| #5 Make line single-width (lines are set this way when cleared by ESC [ J) |
| #6 Make line double-width normal height (40 or 66 characters) |
| |
| 5) If the terminal emulator is capable of insert/delete characters, |
| insert/delete lines, insert/replace mode, and can do a full-screen dump to |
| the printer (in text mode), then it should identify itself as a VT102 |
| |
| [c Request for the terminal to identify itself |
| [?6c VT102 (printer port, 132 column mode, and ins/del standard) |
| [1@ Insert a blank character position (shift line to the right) |
| [1P Delete a character position (shift line to the left) |
| [1L Insert blank line at current row (shift screen down) |
| [1M Delete the current line (shift screen up) |
| [4h Set insert mode, new characters shove existing ones to the right |
| [4l Reset insert mode, new characters replace existing ones |
| [0i Print screen (all 24 lines) to the printer |
| [4i All received data goes to the printer (nothing to the screen) |
| [5i All received data goes to the screen (nothing to the printer) |
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| [End of ANSICODE.TXT] |