an odd question

From: Chris Kennedy <chris_at_mainecoon.com>
Date: Thu Aug 9 09:27:13 2001

We used that nomenclature in the user manual for the LHS
BASIC timesharing system that was clunking around in 1973.
I don't know for sure, but I think we may have lifted it
from the HP 2000B manuals...

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Messick, Gary
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:15 AM
To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: an odd question
I know some of the older software such as MBASIC for CP/M, and maybe even
earlier stuff, used to OUTPUT a ^C when the user type a Ctrl-C.
Gary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright_at_uiuc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:47 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: an odd question
> 
> 
> not sure if this is exactly on-topic, but I figure if anyone 
> would know, it
> would be this bunch...  where did the convention of using 
> "^x" to represent 
> "Ctrl-x" come from?  I wonder because you see that convention 
> everywhere, but
> it's totally non-intuitave -- i.e. why does the carat symbol 
> mean "hold control
> while pressing the following key"?  I think this came up 
> because someone
> pointed out that using pine the first time was really hard 
> until they figured
> out what "^" meant.  so, anyone know where that convention came from?
> 
> - Dan Wright
> (dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
> (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
> 
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