From: streepy@healthcare.com ("Larry V. Streepy, Jr.") Subject: Re: using cat on binary files (CTRL-Z trauma) 1 Nov 1996 10:31:34 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <327A1DE2.712149AA.cygnus.gnu-win32@healthcare.com> References: <199611011255.HAA12013@wizard.wizard.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; Linux 1.3.72 i586) Original-To: Shane Kerr Original-CC: Jim Balter , dj@delorie.com, gnu-win32@cygnus.com, jjf@dsbc.icl.co.uk Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Shane Kerr wrote: > > > 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. Could we *try* to stay a little closer to the focus of this mailing list. The flow on this list is already extremely heavy. Adding way out-of-band crap doesn't help. -- Larry V. Streepy, Jr. Chief Technical Officer, Healthcare Communications, Inc. mailto:streepy@healthcare.com (214) 851-7033 (Dallas Main #) (970) 626-5028 (My office #) (970) 626-4425 (Fax) - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".