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Article #810Re: control characters in terminal emulation progs
From: Michael J. Liebman
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1989 18:15
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1989 18:15
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In article <14666@ut-emx.UUCP> jay@ut-emx.UUCP (Jay Boisseau) writes:
>When I try to type a ctrl-f (forward-one-character), or most any other
>ctrl character, everything is OK. But when I try to type ctrl-@, or any
>of the ctrl characters involving a number key or shifted number key, I
>get the number entered into my text (whether I used shift or not). I am
>using emacs, and have tried this with both RR 10.3 and VersaTerm 4.0.
>
[more stuff deleted]
>Any ideas?
>
Well, if you are using GNU Emacs, you can use C-SPC (control-space) to
set the mark. IMHO it is easier than C-@, anyway.
I know this really doesn't answer the question of why these terminal
emulators can't send a C-@, but at least you can set the mark without
doing M-x set-mark :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chcu321 From: chcu321@ut-emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: control characters in terminal emulation progs Summary: Can use C-SPC if GNU Emacs Keywords: Red Ryder 10.3, VersaTerm 4.0 Message-ID: <14670@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 89 18:15:46 GMT References: <14666@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: chcu321@emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman) Distribution: usa Organization: UT-Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering Lines: 32