Re: Escape key problem with 4gl 7.30

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? Use force Luke! If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway! .... At least, that's how _I_ code. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+