Re: The escape key

Posted in 1993

Hugh Grierson — Wed, 8 Dec 93 23:05:35 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <2e25msINNq7f@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> walt@mathcs.emory.edu (Walt Hultgren {rmy}) writes: >If this is still the case, another approach might be to use a terminal or >emulation that doesn't use ESCAPE as a lead-in character if that is an >option for you. Many vt220-like terminals and terminal emulators have an 8-bit mode you use this mode and which uses CSI (\\233) instead of ESC-[ as the lead in character. If your termcap/terminfo is configured correctly then the escape timeout problem does indeed vanish. -- Hugh Grierson Fujitsu New Zealand - Local Government Group hugh@fujitsu.co.nz Posting from the heart of summer "If any of these limits are exceeded you will be notified, probably with cryptic and ambiguous messages from an uncertain source."