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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: EVE specins function? (or 'How to enter hex?')
- Date: 10 Nov 1992 09:00:49 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1dnto1INN3ep@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <96875@netnews.upenn.edu>,<1992Nov9.233539.1@slacvx.slac.stanford.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.233539.1@slacvx.slac.stanford.edu>, fairfield@slacvx.slac.stanford.edu writes:
- =In article <96875@netnews.upenn.edu>, st@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen W. Thompson) writes:
- => Some null characters were in a file received from 'elsewhere'. I'd like
- => to know how to do a global replace to make the nulls into spaces.
- => How does one enter the null (x'00') character in EVE?
- =
- = It would be nice if you could enter a null with CTRL/V CTRL/SPACE
- =(I don't have my ascii chart at home, null _is_ CTRL/SPACE isn't it?).
-
- Technically, it's <CTRL-@>, but many terminal will also create a NULL if you use
- <CTRL-SPACE>. And, by the way, <CTRL-V><CTRL-@> works just fine. Apparently
- Stephen didn't know how to produce a null from his keyboard.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-