Escape Sequences for EXE

Question

I have some escape sequences in my config on my Linux machine that work fine, but for some reason, they are completely ignored in the Windows port of Pianobar.

What's interesting is it doesn't print the escape sequences to the display - it just seems to skip over them completely.

Goal is to clear the screen after each song is played.

Right now, my config reads as

format_msg_nowplaying = ^[[1E^[[2J^[[J^[[H %s
format_nowplaying_song = ^[[2;1H Now Playing: ^[[3;1H "%t" by %a

This works just fine on my Linux machine, but on the Windows port of the program, it seems to ignore the string entirely. It processes the Now Playing: "%t" by %a but nothing else.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16755142/how-to-make-win32-console-recognize-ansi-vt100-escape-sequences — Iłya Bursov, Oct 07 '22 at 15:00
Thank you so much. I'm afraid I tried that. The escape sequences seem to work in a PS1 script, but not in the config. — Christopher Moore, Oct 07 '22 at 16:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 16 '22 at 12:32

I received an email reply from the creator. They did not initially implement the escape codes, but a new release has them implemented:

From: Michał Cichoń
Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:27 AM
To: Christopher Moore
Subject: Re: Pianobar

Hello Christopher,

Well. I didn't implemented escape codes you are using. This is now done and you can use them without worries. Pleas keep in mint that in config you need to insert actual escape code not ^[ sequence.

Please pick up today's release: https://github.com/thedmd/pianobar-windows/releases/tag/2022.10.09

Cheers!

Escape Sequences for EXE

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