From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 3 23:23:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA22831 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:23:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA22824 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:23:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA01024; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:23:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:23:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Kline cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi/nvi slower with 2.2R In-Reply-To: <199704032241.OAA28574@athena.tera.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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