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From: igelkott@athena.mit.edu (Wesley R Schaal)
Subject: Re: kermit won't recognize escape sequence
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 04:31:21 GMT
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In article <32470@mimsy.umd.edu> wilson@mimsy.umd.edu (Anne Wilson) writes:
>Help!  I can't seem to get kermit to recognize its escape
>sequences.  It connects to my remote site properly, but I'm
>unable to escape back to my local kermit.  I've tried cntl-\,
>cntl-], and other random junk.  Is it my modem settings?
>Is it my keyboard mapping (I haven't changed anything since
>I got my Station)?  Is it *ME*???
>
>Anne

Doesn't work for me either. It probably is due to a keyboard mapping defect,
but I just avoid the problem with the following:

Type into Kermit (or your .kermrc file) 

	set esc 28

Now you should be able to escape back with ^]