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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:23:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vi/nvi slower with 2.2R
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403232317.464l-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199704032241.OAA28574@athena.tera.com>

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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Gary Kline wrote:

> > The ESC has always taken a bit of time to respond.  This is because the
> > ESC character is used to escape special keys like arrow keys.  You have to
> > wait for a timeout before your single ESC is recognized.  There might be a
> > termcap variable that controls the timeout.  
> > 
> > You can speed things along by typing another ESC.
> > 
> 
> 	I've always hit ESC at least twice in vi (to ring the BEL)
> 	for audio confirmation.  The possibility of a term variable
> 	is along the lines of what I was wondering.  If there is
> 	one, the default must be set to 4 seconds.  3 or 4.  
> 
> 	Where should I check for this kind of configuration?

As I said, somewhere in the termcap.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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