Quoting Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am trying to adapt text output to my Nec Pinwriter with MagicFilter. The > manual from the printer tells me that the escape sequence 'ESC x0' will > set a different font to print with. So, I made a filter file with a line: > > default cat \01bx0 > > because the ASCII code for escape is 27 (0x1b). However, it does not > work. When I change the escape code to \033, everything works fine. But, > according to my ASCII table, 0x33 is the digit '3'. So why is this? > I am also having difficulties with other escape sequences, like FS > (0x1c) or SI (0x0f).
You're mixing together two ways of expressing characters: octal and hex. For octal ESC, use \033, for hexadecimal use \x1b. The 0xff construction is not used here. Take a look at /etc/magicfilter/* for plenty of examples. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.