From 71e504e273aedd12376a6558a99e24db5cc475c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mewrrythekibby <mewrrythekibby@linuxposting.xyz>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:18:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ^x for special chars

---
 mewny.rb | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mewny.rb b/mewny.rb
index 1127fc8..3b0c08c 100644
--- a/mewny.rb
+++ b/mewny.rb
@@ -173,10 +173,13 @@ def do_client
     end
 
     while (char = STDIN.noecho(&:getch))
-      exit unless char != "\x03" # ^C
       exit unless char != "\x04" # ^D
-      next unless char.ord >= 0x20 # Non printing
-      next unless char.ord != 0x7F # DEL (Non print)
+      if char.ord < 0x20 # Non printing
+        char = '^'+(char.ord + 0x40).chr
+      elsif char.ord == 0x7F # DEL (Non print)
+        char = '^?'
+      end
+      next unless 
       socket.puts "#{VERSION}|#{char}"
     end
   ensure