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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 1997 12:12:18 -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.3.96.970403121008.290G-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199704031851.KAA26822@athena.tera.com>

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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Gary Kline wrote:

> 
> Has anyone else noticed how much slower most vi
> commands are in 2.2?  When I type something like 
> ``df<character><ESC>'' it is a few seconds before
> the ESC seems to be recognized.
> 
> With 2.1.5 and before, vi was much faster.  Am I 
> missing some new configuration or what?

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.

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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