Re: [OT] Re: are there some special about '\x1a' symbol

2009-01-14 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-01-14, Gabriel Genellina wrote: > En Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:04:33 -0200, Terry Reedy > escribió: > >> Gabriel Genellina wrote: >>> En Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:00:16 -0200, John Machin >>> escribió: >>> I didn't think your question was stupid. Stupid was (a) CP/M recording file size

Re: [OT] Re: are there some special about '\x1a' symbol

2009-01-14 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:04:33 -0200, Terry Reedy escribió: Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:00:16 -0200, John Machin escribió: I didn't think your question was stupid. Stupid was (a) CP/M recording file size as number of 128-byte sectors, forcing the use of an in-band EOF

Re: [OT] Re: are there some special about '\x1a' symbol

2009-01-13 Thread Terry Reedy
Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:00:16 -0200, John Machin escribió: I didn't think your question was stupid. Stupid was (a) CP/M recording file size as number of 128-byte sectors, forcing the use of an in-band EOF marker for text files (b) MS continuing to regard Ctrl-Z as an E

[OT] Re: are there some special about '\x1a' symbol

2009-01-12 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:00:16 -0200, John Machin escribió: I didn't think your question was stupid. Stupid was (a) CP/M recording file size as number of 128-byte sectors, forcing the use of an in-band EOF marker for text files (b) MS continuing to regard Ctrl-Z as an EOF decades after people s