From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16824 invoked from network); 20 Jul 1997 17:25:32 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Jul 1997 17:25:32 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA05404; Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:09:59 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:07:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <970720100730.ZM4687@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 10:07:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: <19970720114142.29384@panix.com> Comments: In reply to Russell Hoover "Re: Can I put a newline in an alias?" (Jul 20, 11:41am) References: <19970719215133.24332@panix.com> <970719210256.ZM1345@candle.brasslantern.com> <19970720114142.29384@panix.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Russell Hoover , Zsh-users Subject: Re: Can I put a newline in an alias? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"hDN011.0.tI1.eNaqp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/958 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jul 20, 11:41am, Russell Hoover wrote: } Subject: Re: Can I put a newline in an alias? } } [...] all I wanted was to be able to do something like } hit 'c ' to clear the screen and have a filenames-only listing of } the current dir at the top of the screen. function c() { echotc cl print -rc *(.) } } I was wondering more about what chars you'd use within an alias to represent } 'control-' There isn't any special syntax for that. You just have to put the control characters in as themselves. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com