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Subject: Re: vi/nvi slower with 2.2R
In-Reply-To: <199704040834.KAA00586@CoDe.hu> from Zahemszky Gabor at "Apr 4, 97 10:34:40 am"
To: zgabor@CoDe.hu (Zahemszky Gabor)
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:14:27 -0800 (PST)
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According to Zahemszky Gabor:
> > According to Doug White:
> > > 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.  
> 
> I don't know (I have 2.1.5 now), but maybe there is a newer version of vi in
> 2.2.  Type :ver, and see it.  In 2.1.5, it's a very-very old 1.34 (from
> '94) version in it, maybe in 2.2, it's a newer.  If I remember well, in
> newer nvi's (1.7x ?), there is a new handling of the <ESC> timeout.
> In 1.34, it's only :set timeout/:set notimeout, but it may changed.
> 
> Oopps!  I've found, that :set keytime=X may interested in you.
> 

	Hm, the  version is 1.79 from 23oct96.  Some months ago
	I asked Keith Bostic about up-rev'ing vi.  This revision
	must be it.    It's annoying.

	Ha, I just found it:  ``escapetime''.   It defaults to 6.
	0.6 seconds.   And setting it to =1 does the trick!

	Thanks much.

	gary