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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit
Message-ID: <58.2832A443@zswamp.uucp>
Date: 14 May 91 15:45:41 GMT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario
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In a letter to All, Scott Schwartz (schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu ) wrote:

 >tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel) writes:
 >   If you can think of uses prior to the mid-1980's of 
 >timeouts or timing
 >   to transmit out-of-band commands or data to a computer or 
 >communications
 >   device, please drop me a note, and I can put you in touch 
 >with the
 >   attorneys handling the case.

 >Isn't that how vi handles function keys?

   Yes!  Brilliant!  When in text entry mode, vi will treat ESC differently 
depending on the pause that follows it!
 

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