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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: vi complaints
In-Reply-To: <199611151857.KAA24145@bubba.whistle.com> from Archie Cobbs at "Nov 15, 96 10:57:46 am"
To: archie@whistle.com (Archie Cobbs)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:24:09 -0800 (PST)
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> > > It doesn't seem to have any effect. I did "set keytime=30" and
> > > still it turns up arrow into open line, insert 'A' ... and it's
> > > happening almost immediately.
> > 
> > Use "set escapetime=30", in your .exrc file.
> 
> set escapetime does the trick.. thanks!
> -archie

...but i still think the default should be 2 instead of 1 (which
in fact seems to be long enough for telnet over ethernet)...

-archie

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