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5-2 Utility Descriptions
ANSI.SYS
ANSI.SYS is a console device driver that allows you to support ANSI
codes on the local display.
Syntax
Device=ANSI.SYS [options]
Remarks
ANSI.SYS supports standard ANSI escape sequences.
ANSI.SYS writes directly the screen when using text video mode.
Options
The /K option forces use of the extended keyboard BIOS calls which
sense F11 and F12.
The /X option lets you redefine the extended keys independently.
The /S option disables the keyboard redefinition feature.
The /T
nn
option indicates that the video mode
nn
is a text mode. By
default, modes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 7 are text modes.
Examples
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
This example loads ANSI.SYS with default settings.
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS /T54 /S
Load ANSI.SYS with mode 54h as a videotext mode and disable keyboard
redefinition.