Re: For review: Migrating to Unicode

Martin Duerst scripsit:

> I always thought that ^S and ^Q had some distinctive names, but they
> are just listed as DEVICE CONTROL ONE and DEVICE CONTROL THREE in
> Unicode. Their exact definition must come from somewhere else.

AFAIK, the XOFF/XON semantics were defined only by Teletype hardware
and the operating systems that communicated with it, not by any kind
of standard.  Similarly, ^R and ^T turned the paper tape punch on and off.

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