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custom:ctrl-a_codes [2020/04/19 21:41] – [Attributes] Document ^AE and (new behavior) of ^AI codes digital man | custom:ctrl-a_codes [2020/05/11 18:02] – [Control] Add mouse hot-spot related Ctrl-A codes digital man |
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====== Ctrl-A (Attribute) Codes ====== | ====== Attribute (Ctrl-A) Codes ====== |
"Control A" codes (a.k.a. ^A codes) are terminal control sequences embedded in Synchronet text and menu display files. | //Attribute Codes// (a.k.a. ^A codes) are terminal control sequences embedded in Synchronet text and menu display files. |
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|Delay | '';'' |Delay for one half second| | |Delay | '';'' |Delay for one half second| |
|Delay | ''.'' |Delay for two seconds| | |Delay | ''.'' |Delay for two seconds| |
|Cls | ''L'' |Clear the screen and home the cursor| | |Cls | ''L'' |Clear the screen, clear any existing mouse hot-spots, and home the cursor | |
|Home | ''`'' |Home the cursor (without necessarily clearing the screen)| | |Home | ''''' |Home the cursor (without necessarily clearing the screen, used to be ''`'')| |
| |Hungry-hotspot | ''~'' |Precedes a single-character hungry mouse hot-spot command (CR if next character is a ctrl char or end of string) | |
| |Strict-hotspot | ''`'' |Precedes a single-character strict mouse hot-spot command (or "Home" if next character is a ctrl char or end of string) | |
|Clreos | ''J'' |Clear to end of screen (leave cursor in current position)| | |Clreos | ''J'' |Clear to end of screen (leave cursor in current position)| |
|Clreol | ''>'' |Clear to end of line (leave cursor in current position)| | |Clreol | ''>'' |Clear to end of line (leave cursor in current position)| |