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From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: ESC key on VT200 and VT300 terminals.
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Date: 18 Apr 91 01:25:32 GMT
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In-reply-to: ak104@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 17 Apr 91 22:48:08 GMT

In article <9104172248.AA10611@cwns9.INS.CWRU.Edu> ak104@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert Clark) writes:
[...]
           I could map the ESC key back to itself but I use other
           terminals such as vt100 and AMIGAS, PC'S, and
           MACINTOSHES and it would be a major pain to have to map
           or de-map the key depending on what term I'm using
           everytime I log on.  What's the deal here?

Just use ^[ for escape-- it always works on any terminal by definition.
--
John

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