SECTION 8 " Programming
8-66 VT220/ANSI Terminal Emulation Programmer’s Reference Guide
" If SSA is not followed by ESA on the same page, the
SSA has no effect on that page. Selected areas must
always end with ESA.
" Selected areas cannot be changed by the ED, EL, or
ECH control functions.
Table 8-47 describes SSA and ESA.
Table 8-47
Start Selected Area and End Selected Area
Name (Mnemonic) 8-Bit
7-Bit
Equivalent Wireless Station Action
Start selected area
(SSA)
SSA
(86 hex.)
ESC F
(1B, 46 hex.)
Marks the cursor position as the
first of a string of character
positions the wireless station
can send to the host.
End selected area
(ESA)
ESA
(87 hex.)
ESC G
(1B, 47 hex.)
Defines the cursor position as
the last of a string of character
fields the wireless station can
send to the host.
Local Edit Mode Keys
Keys with special functions in local edit mode are described
in Table 8-48.