From: alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org
Subject: Re: C-@
To: imageek!csn.org!rback (Randolph Back)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 07:44:11 -0500 (EDT)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> > 1.  How come the keys C-@ or C-space do not set the mark?
> >     ( am I missing something obvious).
> 
> I don't believe it is possible to get this particular keystroke combination
> through DOS, at least not through the BIOS.
> C-@ and C-space both correspond to an ASCII null, which is
> used in the DOS keyboard interface as a prefix to indicate that a function
> key has been pressed.

RTFM :) I believe C-@ comes through as the two byte sequence 00 03. It's
ugly, yes.

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J. Alan Eldridge (alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org)