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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 8 Jul 1994.
Re: Talk: CTRL codes

Re: Talk: CTRL codes

Decimal ASCII
|  0 nul  |  1 soh  |  2 stx  |  3 etx  |  4 eot|  5 enq|  6 ack|  7 bel|
|  8 bs   |  9 ht   | 10 nl   | 11 vt   | 12  np| 13  cr| 14  so| 15  si|
| 16 dle  | 17 dc1  | 18 dc2  | 19 dc3  | 20 dc4| 21 nak| 22 syn| 23 etb|
| 24 can  | 25 em   | 26 sub  | 27 esc  | 28  fs| 29  gs| 30  rs| 31  us|
 
Hexadecimal ASCII
| 00 nul  | 01 soh  | 02 stx  | 03 etx  | 04 eot| 05 enq| 06 ack| 07 bel|
| 08 bs   | 09 ht   | 0a nl   | 0b vt   | 0c  np| 0d  cr| 0e  so| 0f  si|
| 10 dle  | 11 dc1  | 12 dc2  | 13 dc3  | 14 dc4| 15 nak| 16 syn| 17 etb|
| 18 can  | 19 em   | 1a sub  | 1b esc  | 1c  fs| 1d  gs| 1e  rs| 1f  us|
 
The following is excerpted from "Inside ASCII by R. W. Bemer" from the
book, "The Best of Interface Age, Vol. 2":

GRAPHICS FOR THE CONTROLS
 
     There are standard graphical representations for the 32 controls,
space, and delete.  They are defined by ISO2047, American Standard X3.32,
and ECMA-17....  There are five groups in the basic control set.
 
     STICKS 0,1 -- Logical Communication Control (10) ...
     STICKS 0,1 -- Physical Communication (4) ...
     STICKS 0,1 -- Device Control (11) ...
     STICKS 0,1 -- Information Separators (4) ...
     STICKS 0,1 -- Changing Sets (3) ...
 

Control-@     NUL (Null)  [ PC ]
Control-A     SOH (Start of Heading)  [ LCC ]
Control-B     STX (Start of Text)  [ LCC ]
Control-C     ETX (End of Text)  [ LCC ]
Control-D     EOT (End of Transmission)  [ LCC ]
Control-E     ENQ (Enquiry)  [ LCC ]
Control-F     ACK (Acknowledge)  [ LCC ]
Control-G     BEL (Bell)  [ DC ]
Control-H     BS (Backspace)  [ DC ]
Control-I     HT (Horizontal Tabulation)  [ DC ]
Control-J     LF/NL (Line Feed)  [ DC ]
Control-K     VT (Vertical Tabulation)  [ DC ]
Control-L     FF/NP (Form Feed)  [ DC ]
Control-M     CR (Carriage Return)  [ DC ]
Control-N     SO (Shift Out)  [ CS ]
Control-O     SI (Shift In)  [ CS ]
Control-P     DLE (Data Link Escape)  [ LCC ]
Control-Q     DC1 (Device Control 1)  [ DC ]
Control-R     DC2 (Device Control 2)  [ DC ]
Control-S     DC3 (Device Control 3)  [ DC ]
Control-T     DC4 (Device Control 4)  [ DC ]
Control-U     NAK (Negative Acknowledge)  [ LCC ]
Control-V     SYN (Sychronous Idle)  [ LCC ]
Control-W     ETB (End of Transmission Block)  [ LCC ]
Control-X     CAN (Cancel)  [ PC ]
Control-Y     EM (End of Medium)  [ PC ]
Control-Z     SUB (Substitute)  [ PC ]
Control-[     ESC (Escape)  [ CS ]
Control-/     FS (File Separator)  [ IS ]
Control-]     GS (Group Separator)  [ IS ]
Control-^     RS (Record Separator)  [ IS ]
Control-_     US (Unit Separator)  [ IS ]
 
 
 

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From: win...@merk.com (Winston Smith)
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Subject: Re: Talk: CTRL codes
Date: 8 Jul 1994 06:19:29 -0500
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