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authorhpa <hpa>2001-04-09 23:04:17 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>2001-04-09 23:04:17 +0000
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Add mode-specific control sequences.
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@@ -355,6 +355,30 @@ are interpreted:
care: 0 is the background color, and 7 is the color used for
the text printed by SYSLINUX itself.
+<DLE>..<ETB> <Ctrl-P>..<Ctrl-W> = ASCII 16-23
+ These codes can be used to select which modes to print a
+ certain part of the message file in. Each of these control
+ characters select a specific set of modes (text screen,
+ graphics screen, serial port) for which the output is actually
+ displayed:
+
+ Character Text Graph Serial
+ ------------------------------------------------------
+ <DLE> = <Ctrl-P> = ASCII 16 No No No
+ <DC1> = <Ctrl-Q> = ASCII 17 Yes No No
+ <DC2> = <Ctrl-R> = ASCII 18 No Yes No
+ <DC3> = <Ctrl-S> = ASCII 19 Yes Yes No
+ <DC4> = <Ctrl-T> = ASCII 20 No No Yes
+ <NAK> = <Ctrl-U> = ASCII 21 Yes No Yes
+ <SYN> = <Ctrl-V> = ASCII 22 No Yes Yes
+ <ETB> = <Ctrl-W> = ASCII 23 Yes Yes Yes
+
+ For example:
+
+ <DC1>Text mode<DC2>Graphics mode<DC4>Serial port<ETB>
+
+ ... will actually print out which mode the console is in!
+
<SUB> <SUB> = <Ctrl-Z> = ASCII 26
End of file (DOS convention).