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From: mikc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mike Coughlin)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Seeking vt220 help
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Date: 22 Jun 91 11:50:24 GMT
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  A handy trick to remember with keyboards that were designed by silly 
people is that escape is the same as controll [. The escape key on the VT-220
is an escape key only when the terminal is set up to emulate a VT-100.
  The many changes made to the VT-220 from the VT-100 seem to have been done
by somebody who didn't program. I don't know why computer users don't complain
more to the manufacturers when they move or leave out things like escape keys.
  You might try using a termcap for the VT-220 in real VT-220 mode and get used to typing ctl-[ instead of escape. Then the other keys might work as you expect.