On 2011-09-11 12.28, John Nemeth wrote:
On Dec 24, 4:56pm, Paul Goyette wrote: } On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Brett Lymn wrote: } }> iirc - control-space is null } } Hmmm, control-space simply echos as "^@" The standard way of sending nul is Ctrl-Shift-2. Many systems will also allow Ctrl-Space. nul normally prints on screen as "^@" (control characters are normally preceded by "^" and "@" is Shift-2). It would appear that you are successfully sending nul, but it isn't being interpreted as cnmagic.
Shift-2 might be '@' on a US keyboard. Not neccesarily on other...Ctrl-Space have been used to generate NUL for far longer, even though it might seem un-intuitive in some ways.
But that goes in the same vein as having the key with the " <= " symbol send DEL, which is also old as well, but most people nowadays expect it to send BS.
Just thought I'd add some misc trivia. :-) Johnny