Re: What about NUL? (was: alt 255 ; question)

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From: DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:12

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In article <ETNBKKC.92Sep10145228@pluto.etn.ericsson.se>, etnbkkc@hisoy.etn.ericsson.se (Karlsen Bjorn) writes:
|> 
|> What do I do if i *want* character NUL (ASCII 0)? Usually I press Alt-0
|> and then a letter key before releasing the Alt key, but then I have to
|> erase the letter...
|> 
|> -KKC-  etnbkkc@etn.ericsson.se
|> 

Press Ctrl-@.  This is supposedly the NUL control key, but few programs actually
recognize it, because normally a character code of zero means an extended key
like the function keys, cursor keys, and alt-letter keys.

Tschuess,
David Paschal

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