Subj : that trick never works To : mark lewis From : Maurice Kinal Date : Sat Apr 13 2019 22:15:28 Hallo mark! ml> there were also ^A codes as well as ANSI codes... Those survived and I wasn't sure they were in your original as such. I didn't count them but there are quite a few of them as well as \r's from hell. ml> i see ANSI graphics posted in one or two of the BBS ads echos ml> all the time... Hm. Maybe I should pick one of those up. Any recommendations? ml> i'll have to try to dig one out... I'd prefer the St. Patrick's one if available. I now need closure since you brought it up. ml> that should not be needed with what i do... Sounds great. The little I've done with ansi graphics I've made it a point to follow a similar plan. In my case it was only to colourize messages on a console. ml> i don't know at this point... Understood. Anyhow back when it mattered to me I found rxvt to be the terminal of choice in GUI-land. If I am recalling correctly it was with the -rv and -ls switches turned on by default. Same with xterm now that I think about it. Het leven is goed, Maurice .... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi. --- GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113) .