khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand) (06/11/91)
Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file? Right now it simply terminates the edit. -- Nancy Khawand Internet: khawand@hoss.unl.edu University of Nebraska - Lincoln Phone : (402) 472-5663 Computing Resource Center FAX : (402) 472-5280
buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz) (06/11/91)
From article <1991Jun10.213629.1591@unlinfo.unl.edu>, by khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand): > Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file? > Right now it simply terminates the edit. > -- > Nancy Khawand Internet: khawand@hoss.unl.edu > University of Nebraska - Lincoln Phone : (402) 472-5663 > Computing Resource Center FAX : (402) 472-5280 try getting into insert mode and typeing 003 while holding down the alt key This enters the ascii character 3 (^C) into the file. Nick C Buchholz buchholz@yogi.tuc.noao.edu | "Time is an illusion, Lunchtime doubly so" | - Ford Prefect Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space.
dmm0t@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dave Meyer) (06/11/91)
>From article <1991Jun10.213629.1591@unlinfo.unl.edu>, by khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand): > Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file? > Right now it simply terminates the edit. I'm not positive about this, since it's been a long time since I've used EDLIN. I think you type ^V followed by C (i.e. control-V capital C), and it inserts a ^C. It will appear as ^VC when you type it in, but when you go back and list it, it will be ^C. -- David M. Meyer | dmm0t@virginia.edu Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | (804) 924-7926 University of Virginia |
ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun11.145649.10912@noao.edu> buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz) writes: >From article <1991Jun10.213629.1591@unlinfo.unl.edu>, by khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand): >> Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file? >> Right now it simply terminates the edit. >> -- >> Nancy Khawand Internet: khawand@hoss.unl.edu >> University of Nebraska - Lincoln Phone : (402) 472-5663 >> Computing Resource Center FAX : (402) 472-5280 > > >try getting into insert mode and typeing 003 while holding down the alt key >This enters the ascii character 3 (^C) into the file. > > >Nick C Buchholz >buchholz@yogi.tuc.noao.edu | "Time is an illusion, Lunchtime doubly so" > | - Ford Prefect >Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space. In my edlin (PC-DOS 3.3) this doesn't work. It escapes from insert mode just as if you had pressed Ctrl-C. I don't know how to do it either. I tried ^V^C, but that didn't work. Anybody got any other ideas? -- Donald E. Ekman, Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, CA ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com
alexande@borland.com (Mark Alexander) (06/11/91)
Use DEBUG to create a one-byte file containing the Control-C, then use COPY to concatenate it with the other text. I use DEBUG to edit all my source files :-)
mitchell@MDI.COM (Bill Mitchell) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.161125.23246@wdl1.wdl.loral.com> ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) writes: >In article <1991Jun11.145649.10912@noao.edu> buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz) writes: >>From article <1991Jun10.213629.1591@unlinfo.unl.edu>, by khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand): >>> Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file? >>>[...] >> >> >>try getting into insert mode and typeing 003 while holding down the alt key >>This enters the ascii character 3 (^C) into the file. >> >> >>[...] > >In my edlin (PC-DOS 3.3) this doesn't work. It escapes from insert mode >just as if you had pressed Ctrl-C. > >I don't know how to do it either. I tried ^V^C, but that didn't work. >Anybody got any other ideas? > The only quick answer I've found is to place another char where you want the control-c, and then use debug to edit the file and replace that char with a byte containing 0x03. -- mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell)
kevin@loki.une.oz.au (Kevin Pollard) (06/12/91)
From article <1991Jun11.165234.16777@borland.com>, by alexande@borland.com (Mark Alexander): > > Use DEBUG to create a one-byte file containing the Control-C, then use > COPY to concatenate it with the other text. > > I use DEBUG to edit all my source files :-) Hey, this not only doesn't sound silly, but it isn't silly!