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Sometimes we want DOS to display different colors or have some other functions. If we load ANSI.SYS when DOS starts, it can help us achieve these functions. Below is how to use it:
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How to Use ANSI.SYS
ANSI.SYS is a very useful device driver in MS-DOS. With it, we can get display effects we would not normally expect. So how should it be used? Let me introduce it below.
Note: In this section, the uppercase letters in the syntax and ANSI escape sequences must be typed exactly as shown.

ANSI.SYS defines a series of functions used to change display graphics, control cursor movement, and redefine keys. The ANSI.SYS device driver supports ANSI terminal emulation for escape sequences, so as to control the system's screen and keyboard.

This device driver must be loaded by the DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH command located in the CONFIG.SYS file.

Syntax

DEVICE(HIGH)=ANSI.SYS

Parameters


Specifies the location of the ANSI.SYS file.

Options

/X
Remaps extended keys other than those on a 101-key keyboard.

/K
Makes the ANSI.SYS file treat a 101-key keyboard as an 84-key keyboard. This is equivalent to the command SWITCHES=/K. If you normally use the
SWITCHES=/K command, then when using ANSI.SYS, you need to use the /K option.

/R
When ANSI.SYS is used together with a screen reader (a program that makes computers easier to use for disabled people), this option adjusts line scrolling to improve readability.

Parameters used in ANSI escape sequences:

Pn
Numeric parameter, used to specify a decimal number.

Ps
Optional parameter. Specifies a decimal number used to select a function. You may specify multiple functions, and the parameters must be separated by semicolons (.

PL
Line parameter. Specifies a decimal number representing a line on the display or other device.

Pc
Column parameter. Specifies a decimal number representing a column on the screen or other device.

Cursor movement, graphics, and keyboard settings in ANSI escape sequences:

In the list of ANSI escape sequences below, the abbreviation ESC stands for ASCII escape character 27(1Bh), which appears at the start of each escape sequence.

ESC






























































































































































93 125 29 0;27
92 124 28 0;43
; 59 58 -- 0;39
' 39 34 -- 0;40
, 44 60 -- 0;51
. 46 62 -- 0;52
/ 47 63 -- 0;53
` 96 126 -- 0;41
Normally, when you press the ESC key at the DOS prompt, the screen will display a backslash (\) and move the cursor to the next line. At this time you can use the PROMPT command. Suppose the current DOS prompt is $P$G. If you want to clear the screen, you can type:
PROMPT=$E

This is Wengier's stuff again, right?
I looked for it for a long time before and couldn't find it. After finding it, why did it suddenly become so easy to run across??

Right, I had used ANSI.SYS before too, but I never found any detailed reference material, so I could only mess around on my own. Later I saw this article was pretty good, so I immediately saved it to my collection.

Time prompt under DOS

If you want to display the date and time anywhere on the screen in a bright foreground color, you can enter the following file

and save it as TIMER,BAT.

@E CHO OFF
IF "%1"==""GOTO HELP
GOTO OK
:HELP
ECHO SYNTAX:TIMER A B C D
ECHO A=TEXT COLOR 30=BLACK 31=RED
ECHO 32=GREEN 33=YELLOW
ECHO 34=BLUE 35=MAGENTA
ECHO 36=CYAN 37=WHITE
ECHO B=BACKGROUND 40=BALCK 41=RED
ECHO 42=GREEN 43=YELLOW
ECHO 44=BLUE 45=MAGENTA
ECHO 46=CYAN 47=WHITE
ECHO C=R NUMBER
ECHO D=COLUMN NUMBER
GOTO EXIT
:OK
PROMPT $P$G$E

I suggest the post above be made into a separate thread.

What you said is true, but I wanted to use it as an application example of how to use ANSI, an example to illustrate ANSI usage.

But changing screen colors does sound more appealing than using ANSY.SYS after all.

But changing screen colors does sound more appealing than using ANSY.SYS after all.

The one at the top seems to have been reposted from the Windows98 Readme file.

Hehe
Seems so.
There are a lot of good things in the *.txt files under the Windows system directory.

I want to ask the experts: how do I set the color of filenames, for example, showing .SYS in blue, .ZIP in yellow, and so on?

The following is quoted from 阿海 at 2003-4-10 23:00:48:
I want to ask the experts: how do I set the color of filenames, for example, showing .SYS in blue, .ZIP in yellow, and so on?

The best way is to use SuperDIR. You can download it from the site's "File Tools" section.

But SDIR does not support Chinese.

Start a DOS Chinese character support system first, such as UCDOS or CCDOS97, then run SDIR and it will support Chinese.

No, I tried it, it can't display it.