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Character Display

The following mnemonics are used only when sent to text-based CUI devices:

'MODE' Set Attributes/Colour

'Bn' Background Colour

'MOVE' Move Current Window

'BACKGR'  or  'BK'  Next Colour Is Background

'POP' Restore Previous Window

'BB' Begin Blinking (DOS)

'PUSH' Save/Copy Window

'BJ' Join Box Intersections

'RED' & '_RED' Colour Text

'BLACK' & '_BLACK' Colour Text

'RS' Restore Screen

'BLUE' & '_BLUE' Colour Text

'SB' Set Mode to Background

'BOX' Define / Draw a Box

'SCROLL' Define Scroll Region

'BX' Define / Draw a Box

'SE' & 'SD' Scroll Enable/Disable

'CAPTION' Replace Caption

'SF' Set Mode to Foreground

'Cn' Control Cursor Display

'SR' Scroll Reset

'COLOUR' &'_COLOUR' User-Defined Colours

'SWAP' Swap Windows on Stack

'CURSOR' Cursor/Mouse Pointer

'TEXTWDW' Text Window

'CYAN' & '_CYAN' Colour Text

'WA' Define / Draw Window

'DEFAULT' or 'DF' Define Default

'WC' Save/Copy Current Window

'DROP' Drop Identified Window

'WD' Drop Identified Window

'EB' End Blinking Mode (DOS)

'WG' Make Window Current

'EJ' End Box Joining

'WHITE' & '_WHITE' Color Text

'EP' Start Expanded Print

'WINDOW' Define / Draw Window

'Fn' Foreground Colour

'WM' Relocate Current Window

'GE' End Graphics Data

'WR' Remove Current Window

'GOTO' Make Window Current

'WS' Swap Windows On Stack

'GS' Start Graphics Transmission

'XP' Line Mode (DOS)

'GREEN' & '_GREEN' Colour Text

'YELLOW' & '_YELLOW' Colour Text

'MAGENTA' & '_MAGENTA' Colour Text

Character Display/Printer

The following mnemonics are usable on both direct-to-output and text-based CUI

devices:

'BR' Begin Reverse Video

'ES' Send Escape

'BU' Begin Underscoring

'FF' FormFeed

'CP' Condense Print for Screen

'LF' Line Feed (Advance Line)

'ER' End Reverse Video

'MS' Mode Serial

'EU' End Underscoring

'SP' Standard Print

Motion

The following mnemonics are used to direct cursor movement in both text-based

and GUI display environments:

'BS' Cursor Back One Space

'DN' Move Cursor Down a Line

'LT' Move Left One Column

'CH' Position Cursor at Home

'RT' Move Right One Column

'CR' Carriage Return

'UP' Move Up One Line

'CS' Clear Screen