RE: Escape Delay

chriss@brttsg.demon.co.uk (Chris Stone) posted: > In article: <1995Jan30.221820.10688@mswinsor> wmark@mswinsor (Mark S. Winsor) writes: > > > > What is the method for lowering the ESC delay in Informix? It doesn't seem > > to use the Unix env variable. We have users complaining of the slowness > > of the software, but it seems to be just a perception based on the ESC > > slowness. I'd prefer not to recode the application if it could be avoided. > > I am curious about this also. The delay seems to only occur in VT-nnn > mode, including XTerm. There is no delay when using Wyse-nn emulation > however... I have checked termcap/info and can see nothing obvious. I can't help with the primary question ( how to shorten the escape delay), but the difference with Wyse terminals is that a corresponding termcap/terminfo entry will typically never contain an actual escape sequence. Definition of escape sequence is sequence of characters starting with ascii 27. Wyse terminals survive by using control characters. I don't know how to control the escape delay, but kep in mind I have seen machines where the delay was already too short. This will do things like generate garbage when the arrow keys are used for navigation. I couldn't find a way to lengthen the delay and worked around the problem by defining the device to transmit wyse 60 control characters. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Informix Premier Var -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Miguel A. Caldera Antares Development Corp. Phone (210) 490-9626 Director, Cust Svcs 1000 Central Pkwy North Fax (210) 490-0874 mac@antares-dev.com San Antonio, TX 78232 USA #include <std_disclaim.h> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-> You can teach 'em code, but you can't teach 'em logic! <-=