From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 22:01:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDA7016A4CE for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 22:01:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gw.catspoiler.org (217-ip-163.nccn.net [209.79.217.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790C443D81 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 22:01:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (mousie.catspoiler.org [192.168.101.2]) by gw.catspoiler.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4GM1eTm043731; Mon, 16 May 2005 15:01:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200505162201.j4GM1eTm043731@gw.catspoiler.org> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 15:01:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis To: arundel@h3c.de In-Reply-To: <20050516202029.GA21139@skatecity> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Console ASCII interpretation X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:01:51 -0000 On 16 May, alexander wrote: > You're right. The code I'm using is wrong when it is being executed > under the console. However the fact that Eterm and xterm do what I > want to do with my app show that I'm not the only one who needs a > NOP ascii value. Both render the NUL ascii code as NOP. Since both > terms are much newer than the console this indicates that they > reflect the recent changes in software development much better. If you find pipe the output of your app through more while running in an xterm window, or redirect the output to a file and view the file in your favorite editor, you'll find another couple of cases where NUL isn't a NOP.