Julia Evans • 10/31/2024

ASCII control characters in my terminal

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This article delves into the 33 ASCII control characters (like Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z) used in a terminal. It explains how they are categorized, their functions on Mac OS, and the differences between codes handled by the OS, the application, or libraries like readline. It also discusses the surprising limitations of these codes compared to GUI keyboard shortcuts.

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ASCII control characters in my terminal

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