[Bug-apl] Gnu APL and ANSI escape sequences

[Frederick H. Pitts]

Gentle people,

        Is there a way for a Gnu APL program to send ANSI escape sequences to
the terminal in which the iterpreter is running? 

        If not, I wish to propose the following:  The ⍞ handling be extended by
implementing an alternative mode where only the content of the last
assign to ⍞ be retained in quote-quad-prompt instead of appending the
content of all consecutive assigns up to the point ⍞ is referenced. In
the alternative mode quote-quad-prompt should be emptied when ⍞ is
referenced, just like it is currently.  The alternative mode could be
activated by setting a boolean control flag (e.g., ⎕QQ ← 1 or maybe
adding another element to ⎕FC).  As the ⍞ handling currently works,
assigning a ANSI escape sequence to ⍞ produces the desired result on the
screen, but as soon as one references ⍞ (even after assigning a
character vector not containing escape sequences) garbage appears in the
user's response.

        Please find attached ANSI_TEST.apl.gz.  The file demonstrates the above
issue.

        If there is a way for Gnu APL to send escape sequences to its terminal,
please let me know and I apologize for wasting your time.

Regards

Fred
Retired Chemical Engineer

ANSI_TEST.apl.gz
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