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Re: JOE 1.0.12 - Blurb

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From: Joseph H Allen
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 18:38
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In article <33f26u$fu5@kantti.Helsinki.FI>,
Kari Likovuori <likovuor@cc.Helsinki.FI> wrote:
>Joseph H Allen (jhallen@world.std.com) wrote:
>> 	\377		Octal
>> 	\xFF		Hex
>
>> 	Can be used to match a character with specific ASCII code given in
>> octal or hex.
>
>    It would be nice if you could insert a character by it's
>    ASCII code. I think it would be even more useful than
>    functions "Next char is a control char" and "Next char has 7
>    bit set".

That's a good idea- I just put it into version 1.0.13, which the sysop here
has still not coppied to the ftp directory (ftp.std.com, file:
src/editors/joe1.0.13.tar.Z).

You can type: `255  or  `xFF  or  `o377

to enter decimanl, hex or octal ASCII values directly.

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/*  jhallen@world.std.com (192.74.137.5) */               /* Joseph H. Allen */
int a[1817];main(z,p,q,r){for(p=80;q+p-80;p-=2*a[p])for(z=9;z--;)q=3&(r=time(0)
+r*57)/7,q=q?q-1?q-2?1-p%79?-1:0:p%79-77?1:0:p<1659?79:0:p>158?-79:0,q?!a[p+q*2
]?a[p+=a[p+=q]=q]=q:0:0;for(;q++-1817;)printf(q%79?"%c":"%c\n"," #"[!a[q-1]]);}
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From: jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen)
Subject: Re: JOE 1.0.12 - Blurb
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Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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