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On 16 June 2010 06:52, Philipp Überbacher  wrote:

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> Excerpts from Folderol's message of 2010-06-16 00:43:44 +0200:

>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:36:36 +0200

>> Andre Majorel  wrote:

>>

>> > On 2010-06-15 22:17 +0200, Giuseppe Zompatori wrote:

>> > > 2010/6/15 Folderol :

>> > >

>> > > > How about 24~96 ?

>> > >

>> > > "~" is a bash alias for $HOME.

>> >

>> > Only at the beginning of a word. (And for all Bourne-type shells,

>> > not just Bash.)

>>

>> Although this is true, one reason I suggested this is (as several

>> pointed out) this is only true at the beginning of the word after a

>> limited number of commands, and as far as I'm aware has no

>> significance at all anywhere else or in any other language on any OS.

>> Most of the other characters suggested can have specific meaning when

>> inside a word.

>>

>> Also, the visual effect of the character looks much more meaningful

>> than the only other 'safe' character I can think of... the underscore.

>

> ~= has the meaning of not equal in lua, but not relevant here I

> guess.

Funny you mention this, because I crapped out when I first took a look

at Lua and tried "!=" :O
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