Subj : Re: New sysop with a few questions
To   : Jason H.@@nospam
From : Momotombo
Date : Sun Feb 12 2012 08:14 pm

 Re: Re: New sysop with a few questions
 By: Jason H.@@nospam to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Feb 12 2012 05:20 pm

> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
> On Feb 12, 12:58�pm, "Momotombo" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > One issue I've had with looking at the src files is that there's a strange
> > character in an oval shape that says "SOH" inside it wherever there's a CT
> > code. This is from displaying it in notepad++. Is there a better program I
> > could use that would display the CTRL codes properly?
> you can change the CTRL+A character to  \1 in all your .src files
> i use xchange from ruth's utilities for this [google it]
> when messing with a file that displays, convert it to ansi first with
> the msg2ans
> utility or whatever they are calling it now. asc2ans maybe.
> then change it back [if you wish. i wouldnt]
> > Thanks, and I apologize for my noobishness. I think I accidentally deleted
> > of Digital Man's posts and I'm not sure if that affects DOVE-Net entirely
> > just my BBS locally. I'll be more careful when scrolling through messages
> > now on.
> when you delete a msg on your bbs, it is just removed from your bbs.
yeah, when I used asc2ans it came out like those screenshots I linked to. I
thought I still had to convert them back to asc, but I guess not. I kinda hope
not.

I don't really understand what \1 means. is it just a placeholder? how do I
change it back to a ctrl code afterward?

thanks for your help.

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