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). |
