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In article <1992Jul31.091545.15162@quando.quantum.de>,
steimann@quando.quantum.de (Ulrich Steimann) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul30.180327.10859@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> eric@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Eric Hansen) writes:
[...]
|> >Does anyone know how to set variables to ASCII sequences of escapes and
|> >what not?!  I could just 'echo' them out if it would be easier, but
|> >it seems difficult to embed escape sequences in a file using vi (to put
|> >the clear sequence in an 'echo' statement, I had to 'clear >> FILE' and
|> >then cut and past!).
|> 
|> Move the cursor to an empty line and type
|> 	!clear

I guess that you mean !!clear

|> The output of clear is then placed in the line. (try "man vi")
|> For Cursor right, switch to input-mode and type CTRL-V followed by
|> your cursor-right-key. The cursor-right-sequence is then palced in the
|> text.
|> 
|> Is everybody on your machine using a vt100-Terminal? Hard-coded
|> Sequences may cause strange effects on other terminals.
|> 
|> >Also, where can I get a listing of all the vt100
|> >control codes and escape sequences?
|> 
|> man terminfo, termcap, untic, tput, ...

Also, recently posted to comp.sources.3b1, there is techo that combines
tput with echo. 

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