Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: mcvax!capsogeti.fr!grossi@uunet.uu.net (Thomas Grossi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Reverse Video Problem Keywords: Software Message-ID: <581@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 25 Jul 89 09:05:21 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 5 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 87, message 2 of 18 It's possible to turn reverse video on and off by sending escape sequences to the console. The sequence ^[[7m turns it on and the sequence ^[[m turns it off. (I use this in my prompt to draw a black bar across the screen between commands). Sending the second sequence, followed by a clear, should set your screen back to normal.