Re Re [Dev-C++] Question of the day

You wouldn't believe the resources you can find in old bookstores. I 
have this massive programming library, with assembly, routines in 
basic, pascal, advanced debugging techniques, C/C++, Java, Visual 
BASIC and heaps more. All up, probably about $600 worth. I paid, 
roughly, about $50 for the whole lot (spread over a couple of years). 
A lot of them are University-grade text books too.

Ian

On 17 Oct 00, at 15:42, SpiderMan wrote:

>     Yes you are right, I checked my book again, \a and \b are very close together, it was my mistake. I am using the book Object-Oriented Programming in C++ Second Edition, it's quite old (Copyright 1995) I got it for $9 at a used bookstore : )
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Matthew Hickson 
>   To: dev...@li... 
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:30 AM
>   Subject: Re: Re [Dev-C++] Question of the day
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>   Hello,
>         In my C++ book it says that \b will produce a system beep through the internal speakers, not erase characters.
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>   I have two books, both copyrighted 1998 and covering ANSI/ISO C++.  They both state that \a is for alarm (the bell/beep), and that \b is indeed a backspace character.
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>   However, as has already been mentioned, the backspace is usually not destructive.  It just moves the cursor back one space.  To delete a character you would have to follow the rules for your text interface (I believe CTRL+H will do... better still, use the hex code for "Delete" -- not 
backspace).
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>   It could also be that different compilers handle it differently; however, the texts I have mentioned cover ANSI/ISO standards which seem to fall in line with everything I've read regarding C/C++.  (You could also check your man pages if you're a Unix type.)
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>   The books, for those who are interested are:
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>   1. C++ How to Program (2e) by Deitel and Deitel (published by Prentice-Hall... they have a webs
ite too... www.deitel.com)
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>   2. Ivor Horton's Beginning C++ (The complete language - ANSI/ISO Compliant edition) by Wrox Pre
ss.  (He's also got a book for MSVC.)
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>   Hope that's helpful.
> 
>   Matthew Hickson
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