Re: ESC[4m does not produce underline

["Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org>]

On 03/04/13 10:12, Doug wrote:
> On 03/04/2013 11:59 AM, Chris Davies wrote:
> > Thomas D. Dean <tomdean@speakeasy.org> wrote:
> > > The ANSI standard lists ESC[4m as the code to produce an underline
> > > > export TERM=ansi80x25
> > > > printf "\033[4masdfasdfasdf"
> > > produces green text, not underline text as stated in the standard.
> > Please can you try this (before you do an "export TERM"):
> >
> >      tput smul; echo perhaps this is underlined; tput rmul
> >
> > This uses the "proper" characteristics for the terminal you've declared
> > (which may - or may not - be ESC [ 4m).
> >
> > Chris
> I've been looking at this thread for a while, and decided to try
> the tput stuff, and it works on the Konsole-terminal in pclos.
> Just in case anyone cares.
>
> --doug
I tried so many things, the terminal is tired!

tput...   does the same as ESC[4m...

Also, ncurses A_UNDERLILNE does the same

Changes color to blue

Ansi says exc[xxxm should change the color to blue if I use xxx=34
and exc[34;1m bold blue.

This is a color display attached to a Raspberry Pi.  If I startx, I can 
produce underlined text with printf "\033[4This is underlined\033[0m"

But, this is a low powered CPU and I want a form on the screen.
ncurses will give me most of what I want.

Tom Dean