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From: darin@tmq.UUCP (Darin Adler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Typing Mac cloverleaf symbol
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 14:17:12 EST
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> I am trying to output the Mac control key symbol - the cloverleaf - from
> the keyboard. I cannot find the correct hidden character from the various
> fonts. Does anyone know which key/font/point size to type?
> 
> Also has anyone had the following problem with 1.4 version of the DAM:
> sometimes when I execute "save holding area," I get an error that says
> that the disk is full (in fact there has been at least 100K left). Also,
> the 1/2 written file cannot then be tossed into the trash as I get
> the dialog box that says that it is either locked (not in the Info dialog)
> or in use! Help!

The Mac cloverleaf symbol is actually one of 4 HARD to type characters in
the Chicago character set.  It is ASCII 26 ($1A) and there is no corresponding
key on the Mac keyboard.  One of the ways to get this character is to put it
into the Notepad File.  This can be done with FEdit or any similar program.
Simply open the Notepad File, and put a 1A in the first byte of the file.
When you open the Notepad, you will see a box (missing symbol).  If you copy
and paste this box into any application that supports fonts (MacWrite) and
change it to Chicago-12 you will see a cloverleaf symbol.  There are three
other symbols like this (all around 20-30 decimal in ASCII) that you can
look for: check mark, diamond, filled diamond.

If you reboot the disk (or eject it, throw it into the trash, and reinsert it),
the file will no longer be "in use" and you will be able to delete it.

Darin Adler
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