Control-T or ^T is Decimal 20, Hex 14, Octal 024 In the ancient keyboard logic the control key clears the 5th and the 6th bit, while the shift key would clear the 5th bit only.
So let's start with the lower case 't'=116 and subtract 2⁵+2⁶ = 32+64 = 96 resulting in 20. (All decimal math). cheers, JW On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > The GNU screen man page states: > > bindkey "\024" mapdefault > > This keybinding makes `C-t' an escape character for keybindings. > > My 'ascii' man page shows that octal 024 is Device Control 4: > > Oct Dec Hex Char > 024 20 14 DC4 (device control 4) > > And that "T" is octal 124: > > Oct Dec Hex Char > 124 84 54 T > > I tried binding something to \024 and when I press Control-T I get that > something. > > Why is \024 control-T rather than \124, please? > > Best, > Aleksey > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users > _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
