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From: odonovan
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:24

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Here's another nifty use for ALT-255:

In batch files,

    echo_

where _ is ALT-255, will print a blank line on the screen.
This is useful if you want to separate your output messages.
And it works from DOS 2.11 and up!

The tricky thing, though, is to find an editor which will
let you enter it--not all do!  Of course, copy con batch.bat
*will* work.  :^)

Later,
Kevin

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