But the thing that occurred to me just now is that most of you probably don't realize that that used to actually happen! I used to occasionally get mail from a n00b** that was formatted like that; it would go something like
Quote:
Those changes are totally wrong^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
I'm not sure I agree with your decisions here.
^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
I'm not sure I agree with your decisions here.
Most people who understand what ^H means must have some sense that it is somehow the same as "backspace", right? Well, what would happen is, someone is typing on a dumb terminal*** that wasn't configured right, and as they typed backspace, that character would go up to the server, not be interpreted as "delete the previous character", and would be dutifully echoed back to the tty****. The tty would then itself interpret that as "delete the previous character on the screen." So the person typing thought the characters were gone, but oh no no no.
It was comedy gold, I tell you.
These days I tend to <STRIKE> because it's less typing more stylish.
Notes for Non-Techies
I used to work for the guy who invented the smiley.
[**] We did not call them that.
[***] A computer with a monitor, keyboard, and modem, but without the computer.
[****] Teletype, sometimes pronounced "titty."
[**] We did not call them that.
[***] A computer with a monitor, keyboard, and modem, but without the computer.
[****] Teletype, sometimes pronounced "titty."
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