Article: Q73314
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SUMMARY
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If you use ANSI escape sequences in the PROMPT command ($E) and turn on
continuous print by pressing CTRL+PRINT SCREEN, the ANSI escape sequences used
in the prompt will be printed when you press ENTER.
MORE INFORMATION
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When working from the command prompt, CTRL+PRINT SCREEN will print continuous
output in a mirror image of the computer screen. If you used ANSI escape
sequences to customize the command prompt with $E, the prompt, including the
ANSI characters used in the PROMPT command, will be printed. The following
example shows a prompt using ANSI escape codes to set the command prompt to
magenta on black, and how it prints out using CTRL+PRINT SCREEN:
Prompt setting: PROMPT $e[35;40m$p$g$e[37;40m
How it will print: 35;40mC:\>37;40m
If this output is unacceptable, the prompt can be changed from the command line
by issuing the following command:
" PROMPT $P$G " (without the quotation marks)
To set the prompt to its previous setting, restart the computer.
Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
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Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401
Version : MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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