Cursor Movement Commands Cursor Up ESC [ Pn A Cursor Down ESC [ Pn B Cursor Forward (right) ESC [ Pn C Cursor Backward (left) ESC [ Pn D Direct Cursor Addressing ESC [ Pl ; Pc H Direct Cursor Addressing ESC [ Pl ; Pc f Index ESC D Next Line ESC E Reverse Index ESC M Save cursor and attributes ESC 7 Restore cursor and attributes ESC 8
Line Size (Double-Height and Double-Width) Commands Change this line to double-height top half ESC # 3 Chane this line to double-height bottom half ESC # 4 Change this line to single-width single-height ESC # 5 Change this line to double-width single-height ESC # 6
Character Attributes
ESC [ Ps ; Ps ; Ps ; ... Ps mPs = 0 or none All attributes off Ps = 1 Bold on Ps = 4 Underscore on Ps = 5 Blink on Ps = 7 Reverse video on
Erasing From cursor to end of line ESC [ K From cursor to end of line ESC [ 0 K From beginning of line to cursor ESC [ 1 K Entire line containing cursor ESC [ 2 K From cursor to end of screen ESC [ J From cursor to end of screen ESC [ 0 J From beginning of screen to cursor ESC [ 1 J Entire Screen ESC [ 2 J
Programmible LEDs
ESC [ Ps ; Ps ; Ps ; ... Ps qPs = 0 All LEDs off Ps = 1 L1 on Ps = 2 L2 on Ps = 3 L3 on Ps = 4 L4 on
Character Sets (G0 and G1 Designators) Character Set G0 Designator G1 Designator United Kingdom (UK) ESC ( A ESC ) A United States (USASCII) ESC ( B ESC ) B Special graphics characters & line drawing set ESC ( 0 ESC ) 0 Alternate character ROM ESC ( 1 ESC ) 1 Alternate character ROM special graphics characters ESC ( 2 ESC ) 2
Scrolling Region -- ESC [ Pb ; Pt r
Tab Stops Set tab at current column ESC H Clear tab at current column ESC [ g Clear tab at current column ESC [ 0 g Clear all tabs ESC [ 3 g
* The last character of the reset sequences are a lowercase L.
Modes Mode Name To Set To Reset Mode Sequence Mode Sequence Line feed / New line New line ESC [ 20 h Line feed ESC [ 20 l Cursor key mode Application ESC [ ? 1 h Cursor ESC [ ? 1 l ANSI/VT52 mode ANSI VT52 ESC [ ? 2 l Column mode 132 column ESC [ ? 3 h 80 column ESC [ ? 3 l Scrolling mode Smooth ESC [ ? 4 h Jump ESC [ ? 4 l Screen mode Reverse ESC [ ? 5 h Normal ESC [ ? 5 l Origin mode Relative ESC [ ? 6 h Absolute ESC [ ? 6 l Wraparound On ESC [ ? 7 h Off ESC [ ? 7 l Auro repeat On ESC [ ? 8 h Off ESC [ ? 8 l Interlace On ESC [ ? 9 h Off ESC [ ? 9 l Graphic processor option On ESC 1 Off ESC 2 Keyboard mode Application ESC = Numeric ESC >
Reports Invoked By Response Is Cursor Position Report ESC [ 6 n ESC [ Pl ; Pc R Status Report ESC [ c ESC [ ? l ; Ps n Status Report ESC [ 0 c ESC [ ? l ; Ps n What are you? ESC [ c ESC [ ? l ; Ps n What are you? ESC [ 0 c ESC [ ? l ; Ps n
Reset -- ESC c
Auxilary Keyboard Codes Key VT52 Numeric Mode VT52 Application Mode ANSI Numeric Mode ANSI Application Mode 0 0 ESC ? p 0 ESC O p 1 1 ESC ? q 1 ESC O q 2 2 ESC ? r 2 ESC O r 3 3 ESC ? s 3 ESC O s 4 4 ESC ? t 4 ESC O t 5 5 ESC ? u 5 ESC O u 6 6 ESC ? v 6 ESC O v 7 7 ESC ? w 7 ESC O w 8 8 ESC ? x 8 ESC O x 9 9 ESC ? y 9 ESC O y - (minus) - (minus) ESC ? m - (minus) ESC O m , (comma) , (comma) ESC ? l , (comma) ESC O l . (period) . (period) ESC ? n . (period) ESC O n ENTER Same as RETURN ESC ? M Same as RETURN ESC O M PF1 ESC P ESC P ESC O P ESC O P PF2 ESC Q ESC Q ESC O Q ESC O Q PF3 ESC R ESC R ESC O R ESC O R PF4 ESC S ESC S ESC O S ESC O S
7-Bit ASCII Code Octal Code Char Octal Code Char Octal Code Char Octal Code Char 000 NUL
040 SP
100 @
140 `
001 SOH
041 !
101 A
141 a
002 STX
042 "
102 B
142 b
003 ETX
043 #
103 C
143 c
004 EOT
044 $
104 D
144 d
005 ENQ
045 %
105 E
145 e
006 ACK
046 &
106 F
146 f
007 BEL
047 ' (apos)
107 G
147 g
010 BS
050 (
110 H
150 h
011 HT
051 )
111 I
151 i
012 LF
052 .
112 J
152 j
013 VT
053 +
113 K
153 k
014 FF
054 , (comma)
114 L
154 l
015 CR
055 - (minus)
115 M
155 m
016 SO
056 . (period)
116 N
156 n
017 SI
057 /
117 O
157 o
020 DLE
060 0
120 P
160 p
021 DC1
061 1
121 Q
161 q
022 DC2
062 2
122 R
162 r
023 DC3
063 3
123 S
163 s
024 DC4
064 4
124 T
164 t
025 NAK
065 5
125 U
165 u
026 SYN
066 6
126 V
166 v
027 ETB
067 7
127 W
167 w
030 CAN
070 8
130 X
170 x
031 EM
071 9
131 Y
171 y
032 SUB
072 :
132 Z
172 z
033 ESC
073 ;
133 |
173 {
034 FS
074 <
134 \
174 [
035 GS
075 =
135 ]
175 }
036 RS
076 >
136 ^
176 ~
037 US
077 ?
137 _
177 DEL
Note: The following control characters are generated differently from previous DIGITAL terminals.
Code VT100 Previous Terminal NUL CTRL - Space Bar CTRL - @ RS CTRL - ~ CTRL - ^ US CTRL - ? CTRL - -
Cursor Control Key Codes Cursor Key (arrow) VT52 Mode ANSI/Cursor Key Mode Reset ANSI/Cursor Key Mode Set Up ESC A ESC [ A ESC O A Down ESC B ESC [ B ESC O B Right ESC C ESC [ C ESC O C Left ESC D ESC [ D ESC O D
Special Graphics Characters Octal Code Graphics with US or UK set Graphics with "Special Graphics" set 137 _ Blank 140 \ Diamond 141 a Checkerboard (error indicator) 142 b HT Horizontal tab 143 c FF Form feed 144 d CR Cariage return 145 e LF Line feed 146 f Degree symbol 147 g plus/minus 150 h NL New line 151 i VT Vertical tab 152 j Lower-right corner 153 k Upper-right corner 154 l Upper-left corner 155 m Lower-left corner 156 n Crossing lines 157 o Horizontal line -- Scan 1 160 p Horizontal line -- Scan 3 161 q Horizontal line -- Scan 5 162 r Horizontal line -- Scan 7 163 s Horizontal line -- Scan 9 164 t Left "T" 165 u Right "T" 166 v Bottom "T" 167 w Top "T" 170 x | Vertical bar 171 y Less than or equal to 172 z Greater than or equal to 173 { Pi 174 | Not equal to 175 } UK pound sign 176 ~ Centered dot