[sf-lug] box-drawing character mode switch.

[jim]

   The escape sequence in s gnome terminal or xterm to
switch to the box characters is:
echo -e "\x1b(0"
and to turn back, the sequence
echo -e "\x1b(B"
or use the terminal tab/reset in the gnome terminal


     Sorry to say, I don't get it. I tried with the
result that my prompt also presented box characters
and copying and pasting  echo -e '\x1b(B"  appeared
in box characters with no affect to the prompt.

     I tried the internet  "Linux echo command box
characters" but did not get anything useful.
Is there on internet-accessible tutorial or table
of chars?

I've been using ASCII chars (0x1F), e.g.

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I can get ASCII characters thus:
$ echo -en "\x41 \n"
A

but not the extended character set:
$ echo -en "\x81 \n"
�
$ echo -en "\x8F \n"

$ echo -en "\x96 \n"
�



On 10/02/2017 11:57 PM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
> At the Sun. meeting Aaron and I were discussing the line-drawing
> characters, and I had trouble making the sequence work -- of course,
> at home, it works perfectly;^O
>    The escape sequence in s gnome terminal or xterm to switch to the
> box characters is:
> echo -e "\x1b(0"
> and to turn back, the sequence
> echo -e "\x1b(B"
> or use the terminal tab/reset in the gnome terminal
> Ken
>
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