Re: Escape key problem

["Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)" <ajb@spheresystems.co.uk>]

Hi Javier,
	I think this is related to the fact that the escape key is used to indicate 
the start of a special key sequence(F1,F2 etc) in VT* terminals. I think you 
can prove this by pressing the ESC key twice in quick succession; it should 
only send one ESC to the application. Earlier, around dosemu 1.2.2, I did once 
modify both the terminal program(putty) and dosemu to use the F20 escape 
sequence to generate ESC. This is fine as a one off, but could never be put 
into the core dosemu.

Best regards,

Andrew


On Monday 15 February 2010, Javier Tarifa wrote:
> I don't know if I'm the only one who's experiencing this, but the escape
> key is very slow to respond in dosemu. When I press the escape key I
> have to wait almost half second before the program does what's supposed
> to do. We're accessing it by ssh but the problem also appears on the
> server if we open dosemu in an xterm. Any ideas on how to solve this?
> First I thought that this was linux-related, but then again I thought of
> vim and how you can switch to command mode instantly and without delay
> when you press escape, so I don't know what's the problem
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