Re: Escape key problem with 4gl 7.30

From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> > >Obnoxio The Clown 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? > >Argh! Known bug, this is, is it? Known bug, this is. No other way to say it, there is. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com