Subj : Re: New sysop with a few questions To : Jason H.@@nospam From : Momotombo Date : Sun Feb 12 2012 08:14 pm Re: Re: New sysop with a few questions By: Jason H.@@nospam to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Feb 12 2012 05:20 pm > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet > > On Feb 12, 12:58 pm, "Momotombo" > wrote: > > One issue I've had with looking at the src files is that there's a strange > > character in an oval shape that says "SOH" inside it wherever there's a CT > > code. This is from displaying it in notepad++. Is there a better program I > > could use that would display the CTRL codes properly? > you can change the CTRL+A character to \1 in all your .src files > i use xchange from ruth's utilities for this [google it] > when messing with a file that displays, convert it to ansi first with > the msg2ans > utility or whatever they are calling it now. asc2ans maybe. > then change it back [if you wish. i wouldnt] > > Thanks, and I apologize for my noobishness. I think I accidentally deleted > > of Digital Man's posts and I'm not sure if that affects DOVE-Net entirely > > just my BBS locally. I'll be more careful when scrolling through messages > > now on. > when you delete a msg on your bbs, it is just removed from your bbs. yeah, when I used asc2ans it came out like those screenshots I linked to. I thought I still had to convert them back to asc, but I guess not. I kinda hope not. I don't really understand what \1 means. is it just a placeholder? how do I change it back to a ctrl code afterward? thanks for your help. --- þ Synchronet .