Re: The escape key

Folks, I see so many different notes on this that I'll go public. } > } > We are currently using RS-6000s and SCO boxes, and on these platforms } > (at least) there is about a 1-2 second delay whenever a user hits the } > escape key. Does anyone know the reason for this delay? More } > importantly, does anyone know how to avoid this delay? } > } > robert m. read } } Most function key sequences start with ESCxxxxxx. So whenever Unix gets } an escape it pauses to see if there's anything that's going to follow it. } } I include the following note from Jonathan Leffler from some time back. } } > DBESCWT is an environment variable which can be set to an integer number of } > seconds. When the tools (not the engines) are reading keyboard input, they } > will wait for up to $DBESCWT seconds for another character to appear, to } > see whether the next character is part of a function key escape sequence or } > whether the escape is the accept key. It is occasionally of use over slow } > networks. (Someone else may wish to elaborate on when it is useful, but } > that is the only context in which I have used it.) } j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| "Why would anybody do drugs, when jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | they can go shopping?" (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________