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ESL Documentation

You can use the following ASCII control characters in files that will be read into a textual region; all other ASCII control characters are ignored.

 

Escape Sequence

Purpose

\t (or \^I)

Tab (Inserts 1-8 spaces, to bring the text cursor to the next tab stop. Tab stops are every 8 columns.)

\b (or \^H)

Backspace (destructive).

\n (or \^J)

Newline (carriage return and linefeed).