[HECnet] VT escape code screen editor

If I wanted to go all bling like some of you lot and have a fancy welcome message, does anyone know of a VT escape code screen editor which will allow me to design a welcome message to end all welcome messages? If by a VT escape code screen editor, you mean a program which will display the message exactly as the final display and convert the text to a file when finished, I have not know of such an application for any operating system I have used. The second option is an ordinary text editor with ONE special provision - the <ESC> character is displayed as a standard display character. Both of the editors that I use under RT-11, KED and TECO, convert the <ESC> character to a "$" for display purposes. You then are responsible for building the rest of the text based on the escape sequences detailed in the programmer's manual for the VT which you are using. Under RT-11, the user then issues the command to TYPE the file in order to test the results. The third option is to write an actual program to display the text. If the welcome message is to be part of the application, that may be the best option. The reason it may be the best is that graphics characters may be difficult to handle by the second option. If you can use some additional help, ask some more questions. Jerome Fine