Character escape codes

Escape sequences use an escape character to change the meaning of the characters which follow it. In the event handler backslash (\) or percent (%) is used as escape character.

Char	Code	Alt. code	Hex	Description
,	%,	%c	2C	Comma
(	%(	%o	28	Opening parenthese
)	%)	%p	29	Closing parenthese
"	%"	%d	22	Double quote
;	%;	%e	3B	Semicolon
\	%\		5C	Backslash
%	%%		25	Percent
TAB	%t		09	ASCII TAB (Horisontal tab)
SP	%s		20	Space
CR	%r		0D	Carriage return
LF	%n		0A	Line feed
BEL	%a		07	Bell (Alert)
BS	%b		08	Backspace
NUL	%0		00	ASCII NUL
	%xhh	%#hh		'hh' is the character code as 2 hex digits. Note that you must use 2 digits.
	%l		80	Extended NUL ('\x80')
	%q			to quote next character in string (if not parameter or end of string)

Example: CR (Carriage Return) can be generated by any of the following escape sequence:

\r
%r
\x0D
%x0D
%#0D