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How to insert control characters into gedit?

Asked by Christopher Yeleighton

How can one insert control characters like ^[ or ^G into a file?

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Christopher Yeleighton (giecrilj) said : 		#1

Workaround:
In order to insert ^[, type [Shift [Ctrl [U]]] [1] [b] [Enter].
In order to insert ^G, type [Shift [Ctrl [U]]] [7] [Enter].
In general, in order to insert ^X, find the number by evaluating the expression ('%x' % (b'X' [0] - b'@' [0])) in the Python console.

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