Re: Slow onkey(esc)

Posted in 1992

steve glines — Sun, 6 Dec 1992 13:28:34 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <7652@news.duke.edu> jcc@acpub.duke.edu (JEFFREY CONSTANTINE) writes: >We're trying to use the escape key in an onkey() clause in an input >statement, and it seems that the escape key causes a pause to occur >before the onkey() executes. It seems to be due to the fact that >function key sequences begin w/ escape and 4GL has to wait to find >out whether it is getting an escape for a function key. > >We're using On-Line 5.0 with 4GL 4.1 on an RS/6000 running AIX 3.2. >Our terminals are IBM 3151's. Does anyone know how we can get escape >to work as quickly as any other key? > >Thanks in advance, NOPE!