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# Data and binaries

It is possible to display binary files or data, but the characters that are not drawable are viewed as a reverse question mark (191). This question mark is displayed only when the Xlib function XTextWidth returns 0 for the character. Unfortunately this is implementation dependent and in some cases, a simple blank character is viewed.

The Ctrl-q command (quoted char) allows you to insert a non drawable character. For instance to insert a `^`L (new page), just type Ctrl-q Ctrl-l.