Part Two
Ansi Codes define functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys. An ANSI escape sequence is a sequence of ASCII characters, the first two of which are the escape character (1Bh) and the left-bracket character (5Bh). The character or characters following the escape and left-bracket characters specify an alphanumeric code that controls a keyboard or display function. ANSI escape sequences distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters; for example, "A" and "a" have completely different meanings.
Parameters used in ANSI escape sequences:
Pn - Numeric parameter. Specifies a decimal number.
Ps - Selective parameter. Specifies a decimal number that you use to select a function. You can specify more than one function by separating the parameters with semicolons.
PL - Line parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one of the lines on your display or on another device.
Pc - Column parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one of the columns on your screen or on another device.
ANSI escape sequences for cursor movement, graphics, and keyboard settings:
In the following list of ANSI escape sequences, the abbreviation ESC represents the ASCII escape character 27 (1Bh), which appears at the beginning of each escape sequence.
ESC[code;string;...p - Set Keyboard Strings: Redefines a keyboard key to a specified string. The parameters for this escape sequence are defined as follows:
- Code is one or more of the values listed in the following table. These values represent keyboard keys and key combinations. When using these values in a command, you must type the semicolons shown in this table in addition to the semicolons required by the escape sequence. The codes in parentheses are not available on some keyboards. ANSI.SYS will not interpret the codes in parentheses for those keyboards unless you specify the /X switch in the DEVICE command for ANSI.SYS.
- String is either the ASCII code for a single character or a string contained in quotation marks. For example, both 65 and "A" can be used to represent an uppercase A.
IMPORTANT: Some of the values in the following table are not valid for all computers. Check your computer's documentation for values that are different.
Key Code SHIFT+code CTRL+code ALT+code
F1 0;59 0;84 0;94 0;104
F2 0;60 0;85 0;95 0;105
F3 0;61 0;86 0;96 0;106
F4 0;62 0;87 0;97 0;107
F5 0;63 0;88 0;98 0;108
F6 0;64 0;89 0;99 0;109
F7 0;65 0;90 0;100 0;110
F8 0;66 0;91 0;101 0;111
F9 0;67 0;92 0;102 0;112
F10 0;68 0;93 0;103 0;113
F11 0;133 0;135 0;137 0;139
F12 0;134 0;136 0;138 0;140
(The next sixteen codes are from the num keypad)
HOME 0;71 55 0;119 ��
UP ARROW 0;72 56 (0;141) ��
PAGE UP 0;73 57 0;132 ��
LEFT ARROW 0;75 52 0;115 ��
RIGHT ARROW 0;77 54 0;116 ��
END 0;79 49 0;117 ��
DOWN ARROW 0;80 50 (0;145) ��
PAGE DOWN 0;81 51 0;118 ��
INSERT 0;82 48 (0;146) ��
DELETE 0;83 46 (0;147) ��
ENTER 13 �� 10 (0;166)
/ 47 47 (0;142) (0;74)
* 42 (0;144) (0;78) ��
- 45 45 (0;149) (0;164)
+ 43 43 (0;150) (0;55)
5 (0;76) 53 (0;143) �?
HOME (224;71) (224;71) (224;119) (224;151)
UP ARROW (224;72) (224;72) (224;141) (224;152)
PAGE UP (224;73) (224;73) (224;132) (224;153)
LEFT ARROW (224;75) (224;75) (224;115) (224;155)
RIGHT ARROW (224;77) (224;77) (224;116) (224;157)
END (224;79) (224;79) (224;117) (224;159)
DOWN ARROW (224;80) (224;80) (224;145) (224;154)
PAGE DOWN (224;81) (224;81) (224;118) (224;161)
INSERT (224;82) (224;82) (224;146) (224;162)
DELETE (224;83) (224;83) (224;147) (224;163)
PRINT SCREEN �� �� 0;114 ��
PAUSE/BREAK �� �� 0;0 ��
BACKSPACE 8 8 127 (0)
ENTER 13 �� 10 (0
TAB 9 0;15 (0;148) (0;165)
NULL 0;3 �� �� ��
A 97 65 1 0;30
B 98 66 2 0;48
C 99 66 3 0;46
D 100 68 4 0;32
E 101 69 5 0;18
F 102 70 6 0;33
G 103 71 7 0;34
H 104 72 8 0;35
I 105 73 9 0;23
J 106 74 10 0;36
K 107 75 11 0;37
L 108 76 12 0;38
M 109 77 13 0;50
N 110 78 14 0;49
O 111 79 15 0;24
P 112 80 16 0;25
Q 113 81 17 0;16
R 114 82 18 0;19
S 115 83 19 0;31
T 116 84 20 0;20
U 117 85 21 0;22
V 118 86 22 0;47
W 119 87 23 0;17
X 120 88 24 0;45
Y 121 89 25 0;21
Z 122 90 26 0;44
1 49 33 �� 0;120
2 50 64 0 0;121
3 51 35 �� 0;122
4 52 36 �� 0;123
5 53 37 �� 0;124
6 54 94 30 0;125
7 55 38 �� 0;126
8 56 42 �� 0;126
9 57 40 �� 0;127
0 48 41 �� 0;129
- 45 95 31 0;130
= 61 43 ��- 0;131
[ 91 123 27 0;26
] 93 125 29 0;27
92 124 28 0;43
; 59 58 �� 0;39
' 39 34 �� 0;40
, 44 60 �� 0;51
. 46 62 �� 0;52
/ 47 63 �� 0;53
` 96 126 �� (0;41)
