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1.1 ! root 1: #print ! 2: Now you should understand the special characters del and ^U: ! 3: ! 4: del cancels the previous character typed (delete or rubout) ! 5: ^U cancels the line being typed and puts you on a new line ! 6: (called control-u) ! 7: ! 8: These are the default characters used by the system. Commonly, ! 9: del is replaced ^H (or backspace). ! 10: ! 11: ^U is typed by holding down the CTRL (for control) key and pressing ! 12: the letter 'u'. The reason that there are the two characters ! 13: '^' and 'U' to represent one special character is that ^U usually ! 14: will not print on the screen. ! 15: ! 16: If you make a typing mistake, you can use del and ^U to correct it ! 17: before you finish the line and the computer won't ever know about it. ! 18: For example, what will the computer really receive if you type assuming ! 19: ^H is used instead of del ! 20: ! 21: st^Hhe^Uthf^He ! 22: ! 23: at it? Figure this out in your head and reply "answer WORD" where ! 24: WORD is the word as it will be interpreted, and don't forget RETURN. ! 25: For example, if you think it will get "dog", type ! 26: ! 27: answer dog ! 28: ! 29: #copyin ! 30: #user ! 31: #uncopyin ! 32: #match the ! 33: #bad answerthe ! 34: Leave a space between "answer" and "the". ! 35: #log ! 36: #next ! 37: 0.1b 5
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