Terminal Escape Sequences from QUICK

[Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]

>I am looking at a method of having QUICK do some simple 'graphic'
>displays in a VT terminal environment, and am having trouble in getting
>the correct 'escape characters' out to the terminal.
>
>Quick seems to take it upon itself to not send out the esc (ascii 27)
>characters ??  but rather sends out some high value ascii character
>instead !! (I think it was an ascii 240)
>If I modify the terminal settings using $set term/noeightbit ... then
>QUICK sends out an actual question mark character "?" instead of my
>escape ??

Try $ quick term=vt420-any ...
Works for us (to bold highlight certain words in a field), but there's probably
potential to get Quick mightily confused.

If you're trying to draw lines or boxes, though, forget that and use the
Qdesign DRAW statement (RTFM).
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Chris Sharman			Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk
CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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