3B1 software / COBOL termcap

[andrew.d.hay]

In article <274 at denwa.uucp> jimmy at denwa.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) writes:
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"   Specifically, I had to add
"
"	:NM=\E[0m:NB=\E[0m\E[1m:NR=\E[0m\E[7m:NS=\E[0m\E[1m\E[7m:\
"	:AL=\E[0m\E[2m:AB=\E[0m\E[1m\E[2m:AR=\E[0m\E[2m\E[7m:
"	:AS=\E[0m\E[1m\E[2m\E[7m:RS=\E[0m:OV=0:CF=\E[=1C:\
"	:CN=\E[=0C:
"
"	(I know, some of the escape sequences are rather long, but I
"	couldn't figure out from the window(7) man page how to do
"	multiple attributes in one escape sequence.)

standard ansi x3.64 syntax is \E[{attrib}[,{attrib}][,{attrib}]{cmd}
it is surprising they neglected to mention it...

for example: \E[0;2;7m

so, your entries become --
:NM=\E[0m:NB=\E[0;1m:NR=\E[0;7m:NS=\E[0;1;7m:\
:AL=\E[0;2m:AB=\E[0;1;2m:AR=\E[0;2;7m:
:AS=\E[0;1;2;7m:RS=\E[0m:OV=0:CF=\E[=1C:\
:CN=\E[=0C:

1 is usually bold and 2 is usually dim.
using both bold and dim in one sequence is odd, to say the least --
one should cancel the other.
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