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From: miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: [SYSCONS] Can't the PC keyboard send ctl-space?
Date: 25 Aug 94 10:42:29 GMT
Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines)
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As every emacs person knows, you use C-SPACE to set the mark (ie send a
null character), however neither syscons, nor any PC terminal program
I've used respond to this - they just send a space.

Is it not possible to detect this?  C-SHIFT-2 is not an easy stretch 8(


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