> ANSI is the standard for terminal control, so I usually code for > that, but put it in a separate module so that other terminals can > easily be accommodated.
It certainly used to be under MS DOS but I find very few windows machines set up to use ANSI codes. Do you know any way to set ANSI controls under wIndows (that doesn't require a reboot ideally!) ISTR it involved putting the line DISPLAY=ANSI in the Config.sys file. Does that still work under XP? I suppose it should... Alan G Author of the learn to program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
