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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