Module linefeed::chars

Provides utilities for manipulating character values

Constants

DELETE	Character value generated by the Backspace key
ESCAPE	Character value generated by the Escape key
RUBOUT	Character value generated by the Backspace key on some systems

Functions

ctrl	Returns a control character for the given character.
escape_sequence	Returns a character sequence escaped for user-facing display.
is_ctrl	Returns whether the given character is a control character.
is_printable	Returns whether the character is printable.
meta	Returns a meta sequence for the given character.
parse_char_name	Returns a character name as a key sequence, e.g. Control-x or Meta-x.
unctrl	Returns the printable character corresponding to the given control character.
unctrl_lower	Returns the lowercase character corresponding to the given control character.