netbsd-users: Re: Sending an escape sequence to the console terminal

Subject: Re: Sending an escape sequence to the console terminal
To: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/23/1997 20:48:03

> 
> 
> I have pcvt setup.  I know that ^[[?3h will put a regular VT100 into 132   
> col mode.
> 
> How do I state this in an echo statement to get pcvt to go into 132 col   
> mode?
> 
> any ideas?

in vi:
type
echo "<control-V><ESC>[?3h"

or use printf "\033[?3h"


> 
> jam  
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de