How do you get ANSI attributes set?  People have used them (hi-intensity
and blinking, I've seen) in party.  Will they work through mail?

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See item 116.  Pay attention to the discussion of why this is not a good
idea in this environment.  Whether it will "work through mail" depends
in part on what the recipient is using to read mail, but the answer is
"probably not".  Even if it does, you're not advised to do it unless you
know what terminal the recipient is using & know the user won't mind.
This is a couple of really big ifs.

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Well, considering that most people use/emulate VT100's, it's a fair
assumpation that it will work in 99% of the cases.  I know it works in
party, and I was just wondering what the control codes are to get it to do
high-intensity, reverse video, blink, and all of the other attributes that
can be set...if anyone knows, please speak up.

i couldn't help you, because ansi won't show on my terminal.
sorry...

actually, it's showing it now, but everything is coming out as
bold>
>

if ansi didn't show up on your terminal, I'd have it checked, cuz the screen
would be blank, now if color doesn't that is another matter.

(#6 is confusing "ansi" with "ascii".)

This is fairly plainly true.  It's also the case that the American National
Standards Institute (or whatever it is) is a lot more than ANSI.SYS or
any of its kin, though some people are apparently unaware of this.

Ahhh your right. I'm getting systems confused again. In another system
 they were fighting about ascii graphics, display on the screen, sorry.

Yah, my bike helmet is ANSI approved.  Does that mean that my obituary comes
out in funny colors if I crash?

ANSI= American National Standards Institute (or something close to that).
I guess they have standards in many areas of life.

eh?

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Oh.

But why?

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