Console ASCII interpretation

[Don Lewis]

On 16 May, alexander wrote:

> You're right. The code I'm using is wrong when it is being executed
> under the console. However the fact that Eterm and xterm do what I
> want to do with my app show that I'm not the only one who needs a
> NOP ascii value. Both render the NUL ascii code as NOP. Since both
> terms are much newer than the console this indicates that they
> reflect the recent changes in software development much better.

If you find pipe the output of your app through more while running in an
xterm window, or redirect the output to a file and view the file in your
favorite editor, you'll find another couple of cases where NUL isn't a
NOP.