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Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes now and getting this urge to write a pure AS
by jug 11y ago
Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes now and getting this urge to write a pure ASCII editor, haha.. Seriously, it's actually suitable for more advanced editing than modern day "pure text" editors.
SOH + STX to set a document title. FF for page breaks. DLE to allow embedded (binary/uninterpreted) data like images and avoid printing garbage. FS, GS, RS, US to support tables.
I find it interesting that this coincidentally works complementary to syntax like Markdown. :p
- jimktrains2 11y agoI tried playing around with something like that. http://jimkeener.com/posts/ADF http://jimkeener.com/posts/ADF I did complicate it a little by trying to insert field metadata into the file.
- tptacek 11y agoSOH is also important in the FIX protocol --- and the fact that FIX relies on ASCII arcana causes security problems. I think the article is right: eliminate \v.
- agumonkey 11y ago4 level list separators, one could almost have an ascii filesystem/db.