How do I make text blinking, underlined, and so forth?
To put things like {bell} or {escape} into a text string one must use a special symbol definition syntax. Note that the symbol must not have been previously defined or this will NOT work. $ bell[0,7]=7 $ esc[0,7]=27 $ write sys$output “”esc'[5mblinking”esc'[m and beeping ”bell'” The list of escape codes for various terminals is in SYS$SYSTEM:SMGTERMS.TXT, where {$} is used for {escape}. Note that the user’s terminal must understand VT type escape codes to respond properly. You can and should check this before sending these codes to a terminal (and NEVER to a batch job).
