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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 09:43:07 -0400
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On 5/25/25 21:29, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 26.05.2025 00:40, Paul Edwards wrote:
....
>> But not what I want. For reasons which are difficult for me
>> to elaborate - "aesthetic", or "self-contained" may or may
>> not be apt words - I want to include the ESCAPE in the
>> C code, just like the "hello, world\n" bit.
> 
> Doesn't '\e' work for you?
> 
>     char * str = "\e";
>     puts (str);
> 
>     printf ("\e\n");
> 
>     putchar ('\e');
>     putchar ('\n');
> 
> Works for me. - Is that non-standard?

Yes. It's a common extension.