* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011217 13:00]: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 07:32:16PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > | on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:06:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > | The 'square' is generally just an unprintable character. You might > | be able to paste it to another window and get the hex or octal code > | that way. > > You can try pasting it into vim. Run vim and enter insert mode, the > press ^V, then paste the character. The ^V allows you to escape > special characters. When you have the character in a buffer, "ga" will > display the decimal, hex, and octal values of the character.
Here's what it tells me: <{> 123, Hex 7b, Octal 173 Regards Hall