On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:53:01 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:24:27 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:38:19 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
>>> Try ECHO cntrlG
>> Just tried that.
>> It does not work on this machine.
> Well now, I didn't mean to enter it EXACTLY as above ! <G>
> ECHO ^G No, I don't mean to stick a carat (^) in front of G. ;-)
> Where you ACTUALLY hold the cntrlKey when pressing "G".
> Exactly this will work at the DOS prompt.
> Since this is a cntrl character, some editors need special treatment.
> My Borland written editor (or Wordstar) would like you to press cntrlP
> before cntrlG, and then the proper hexcode is entered into your .BAT.
> The above works for me in Wordstar, Sidekick and (YECHH) Edit.
> It doesn't work with the Arachne editor.
> The "alt" + keypad trick doesn't seem to work for entering this char
> either.
OK, now it works. :)
OpenDos v7.01 editor also needed cntrlP before cntrlG.
To save yourself the trouble of writing the BAT yourself......
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/beep.bat (six bytes)
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