Re: Using VT220 Emulation.

In <1nngheINNds9@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> dave.snyder@snide.com (Dave Snyder) writes: >Quoting Ian Ilsley... >} >} I am running , via rlogin from a pc using vt220 emulation, a 4gl >} program with the accept key set to the default escape. However >} when I press the insert key or delete key or keys like that >} its asthough I had press the escape key. What I really would >} like to know is there a way round this. >} >What's happening is because you are logged in over the network, the ESC >and the rest of the F-key sequence are arriving too far apart for Informix >to recognise them as one key. >In your .profile (or whatever) set DBESCWAIT=1 and export it. What this >does is tell Informix to wait a full second before timing out on an >escape-sequence. If 1 doesn't work, try 2. I also see this problem when dialed up, when using a direct connect terminal, and on the console in an xterm. Usually when I see it is during a repeat (holding-the-key-down kind of repeat) of, say, an arrow key. I tried setting DBESCWAIT to 1... 2... 10... 60... I actually saw no difference. (Online 5.0, RDS 4.1) My plan, if this persists into actual user testing, is to redefine the keymap on the PC-terminals so they don't send escape based sequences! However, if anyone finds more out about this issue, please post it, I'll be watching for it. -- Andrew Burt aburt@du.edu "But if he was dying he wouldn't bother to carve "Aaaaargh", he'd just say it."