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Subject: Re: java vs c, escape sequences
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:33:10 +0100
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rick271828 wrote:

> Can anybody please explain why the c code:
>     printf("%c[H%c[J",27,27); clears my cygwin console as expected, but the
> Java code:
> 
>  System.out.print("\033[2J\033[H");
> 
> displays a back arrow instead on interpreting the escape character?

It's because you are not running the program with stdout attached to a
terminal or terminal emulator. Probably, you are running in a console
window.

Cygwin can emulate a terminal in a console window for programs that do
all I/O through it, but for third-party applications, like Sun java, it
cannot.

Run the application in rxvt and it works as expected.

-- Barry

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