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[ahk_man]

Hi,
Could you give me an example how I can use the Escape Sequence using FormFeed(`f), VerticalTab(`v), and alert (`a)? All three sequences doesn't seem to work when I tried to use it, however, the rest work fine.

[Chris]

As far as I know, those three don't do much in modern applications except for Telnet, PuTTY, and other related software. In addition, `f (formfeed) and `v (vert tab) probably have meaning when sent directly to some kinds of printers. In such cases, `a (Alert) typically sounds a beep, `f (formfeed) clears the screen or (for a printer) perhaps starts a new page, and I don't really know what vertical tab does other than the behavior one might expect it to have for a printer.

These escape sequences were added because they correspond to actual ASCII characters that can exist in a string, even though they are rarely used.

`f (formfeed) = ^l (Ascii 12)
`a (alert) = ^g (Ascii 7)
`v (vert tab) = ^k (Ascii 11)

I've updated the help file to reflect some of this.