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From: ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
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Subject: Re: EDITORS -> EMACS
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Date: 20 Apr 91 21:12:17 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.204216.6994@ibmpcug.co.uk> gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) writes:
} I can't comment on Epsilon, but the main problem that I have noted with
}both Brief and EMACS is that they can't handle Nulls. Brief seems to manage
}every other possible byte value in a file except for 0x00.

Epsilon has absolutely no trouble with any character; just type ^Q^@ for 0x00.

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