Vertical tabbing
VT
Tab Vertically
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VT
11
0B
Advances the paper to the next tab setting in the channel selected
by ESC /. If no channel has been selected, channel 0 is used. If no
vertical tabs have been selected, the paper advances one line.
ESC B
Set Vertical Tabs
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC B
n1 n2 ...
NUL
Decimal:
27 66
n1 n2 ... 0
Hexadecimal:
1 B
42
n1 n2 ... 00
Comments:
Sets up to 16 vertical tabs in the current line spacing. Tab settings
are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing. The tab
settings are entered as nl,
n2,
etc., all from 1-255, in ascending order.
The NUL character indicates the end of the command. All settings
are stored in channel 0 (see ESC b). ESC B NUL clears the tab
settings.
ESC b
Set Vertical Tabs in Channels
Format:
ASCII code:
E S C b c
n1 n2
. . . N U L
Decimal:
27 98 c n1 n2 ... 0
Hexadecimal:
1B 62 c n1 n2 ... 00
Comments:
Functions the same as ESC B, except that the variable c selects a
channel for the vertical tabs, which must be between O-7. Therefore,
up to eight sets of vertical tabs can be set. The channels are selected
by ESC /. To clear the tabs in channel c use ESC b c NUL.
Command Summary
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