console vs ^X

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Wed Sep 30 12:58:00 GMT 2009


Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep 30 13:58, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Sep 29 22:38, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 29 11:24, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:05:04PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>>> Maybe beep+question mark is the best.
>>>>>> Maybe a beep+question mark+popup dialog would be best.  We could call this
>>>>>> Unknown Alternate Character processing.
>>>>> We could also reboot the machine, just to be sure that no malicious
>>>>> invalid character gets away.
>>>>   WWLD?
>>> INALI, IATI. EYMTLC, OC.  ITC, IHNI.  IDKHTSTLCTAC.
>>   That's easy for you to say!
> 
> It's never easy to admit ignorance.
> 

  Sure isn't.  I nearly choked to death on my own tongue trying to pronounce
half those words!

    cheers,
      DaveK



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