21:34 <cedb> is there a specific way to enter ansi escape codes in ocaml? im trying to do the osc8 spec and the given examples don't work for me, e.g. Printf.printf "\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n" just prints out the escape characters literally instead of providing a link in the terminal

21:35 <cedb> ive tried swapping \e for \033 to no avail

21:37 <discocaml> <yawaramin> try using quoted strings ie `{| ... |}`

21:38 <discocaml> <froyo> I don't remember the decimal for ESC but be mindful that `\033` isn't octal

21:38 <discocaml> <froyo> `\x1b[stuff` works fine

21:39 <discocaml> <froyo> yawaramin: quoted strings is probably a misfeature here because you _do_ want to escape

21:39 <cedb> so how do you manually input escape here? the equivalent works in perl

21:41 <discocaml> <froyo> same as what you did, but using `\x1b` or `\027`

21:42 <discocaml> <froyo> or i guess `\o033` if you insist

21:44 <discocaml> <yawaramin> yeah that works

21:57 <cedb> froyo much thanks that works

22:17 <discocaml> <froyo> np

22:25 <dh`> is \027 read in decimal? much as octal is silly in 2025 (or even 2005) that seems like borrowing trouble

22:26 <discocaml> <froyo> tbf prefixing octal with just 0 but hex with 0x and binary with 0b was a weird design choice

22:26 <discocaml> <froyo> blame c-family

22:47 <companion_cube> cedb: I use \x1b

23:00 <cedb> i prefer sticking as close o possible to the online docs for this ansi nonsense