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Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests
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Keith Marshall |
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Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests |
Date: |
Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:17:36 +0100 |
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On 03/09/14 20:12, Carsten Kunze wrote:
>> I've recently seen the usage of the ^G character as field
>> separator. That is a good idea, since it should avoid most
>> possible conflicts with user input. But does anyone know
>> what does this character means, and why does it seems to be
>> prefered to other control characters ?
>
> Maybe to avoid problems with strings which contain ' or ".
> ' as separator is much better readable....
Agreed, but to answer the first part of the OP's question, ^G is the
ASCII BEL code; i.e. the code sent to ring the bell on a teletype.
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Regards,
Keith.
- [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Pierre-Jean, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests,
Keith Marshall <=
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/03
- Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] bug in '.if' string comparison tests, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/04