From: kerr AT wizard DOT net ("Shane Kerr") Subject: Re: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma) 1 Nov 1996 06:07:35 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199611011255.HAA12013.cygnus.gnu-win32@wizard.wizard.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is Original-To: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter), dj AT delorie DOT com, jqb AT netcom DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, jjf AT dsbc DOT icl DOT co DOT uk X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42a) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > The return key on dumb terminals always generates CR, not LF; no one > ever turns off just icrnl, it was added in the SysIII version of > termio for completeness. Even in DOS the enter key has to be I don't know about dumb terminals, but I have been on some X-terminals, admittedly too smart for their own damn good, who gave ^J when the enter key was pressed, rather than ^M. Of course, those X-terms were evil - they didn't have escape keys! ^[ is _not_ an acceptable way to press escape. -- Shani Kerr For my PGP key, finger shani AT yosemite DOT ctiis DOT com kerr AT wizard DOT net Reston, Virginia http://www.wizard.net/~kerr/ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".