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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx-2.8-pre5 Options wish: not use ^A for Assume char set
From: |
Benjamin C. W. Sittler |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx-2.8-pre5 Options wish: not use ^A for Assume char set |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 13:48:29 -0700 (MST) |
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, APIS wrote:
> o I use the screen package when I am on portable via modem
> to InterNet or even on the Sun dtterm when wanting to get rid of all the
> <<eye-candy>> and get some work done quickly -- Lynx is much faster
> and friendly. Thanks to Fote, Klaus et al for keeping it alive and well!
>
> o Wish: I wonder if ^A and such control-chars could be avoided in
> (O)ptions as I need the control characters to be used by screen or other
> pkgs, and I cannot use (^A)ssume, as screen needs ^A to switch to
> the screen functions.
>
> Solution:
> pR)e-sume char set if unknown:
Instead, you could just remember that ^A is special to screen, and type
^Aa (which sends a literal ^A).