Re: Escape key problem with 4gl 7.30
From: john_h_frantz@my-deja.com > >Thanks Art for the effort. "stty -a" reports this: > > intr = ^C; quit = ^\\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U > eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 <undef>; swtch <undef> > stop = ^S; start = ^Q; susp <undef>; dsusp <undef> > >It looks pretty standard to me. The interrupt key is deferred in the 4gl >program but not the quit key which we have mapped to F12 and is used as >a "fire escape" exit. > >The shell script that launches the program contains 'trap "clear" 3' >which causes the screen to clear when F12 (the quit key) is hit. The >screen is not cleared when escape is hit. > >By the way, the escape key does send an escape character, ala "^[". Did I miss something? This is a known bug. Is there any other way to say it? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
In article <8hjdc3$5k1$1@news.xmission.com>, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: john_h_frantz@my-deja.com > > > >Thanks Art for the effort. "stty -a" reports this: > > > > intr = ^C; quit = ^\\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U > > eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 <undef>; swtch <undef> > > stop = ^S; start = ^Q; susp <undef>; dsusp <undef> > > > >It looks pretty standard to me. The interrupt key is deferred in the 4gl > >program but not the quit key which we have mapped to F12 and is used as > >a "fire escape" exit. > > > >The shell script that launches the program contains 'trap "clear" 3' > >which causes the screen to clear when F12 (the quit key) is hit. The > >screen is not cleared when escape is hit. > > > >By the way, the escape key does send an escape character, ala "^[". > > Did I miss something? This is a known bug. Is there any other way to say it? Unbelievable but I've confirmed it to be a bug, plain and simple. Anyway, I upgraded to 7.30.UC2, supposedly the latest for hpux10.20 and all is well. Thanks for the help, John H. Frantz Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.