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From: whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Escape keys (was: TERMCAP entry for vt220, anyone)
Keywords: DEC VT220 ESCAPE
Message-ID: <21161@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Date: 3 Nov 88 21:01:32 GMT
References: <321@lafcol.UUCP> <601@infmx.UUCP>
Organization: Pacific * Bell, Oakland, CA
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In article <601@infmx.UUCP>, aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) writes:
> 
> One problem is that when you are in vt220 mode, your ESCAPE key no
> longer generates the ESCAPE character (ascii 27), it generates
> "CSI 2 3 ~" instead (for use as F11).  Therefore, another key (no pun
> intended) question is: how do you generate ESC from the keyboard in 
> vt220 mode?  (When in vt100 mode, ESC is generated using the ESC/F11 key).

"Escape" is ^[.  This is handy to know when you sit down at a strange
terminal and either you can't *find* the escape key or it doesn't have one.

(Another few useful keys to know are: Carriage return is ^M, Line Feed is
^J and Form Feed is ^L.)

     --Hal

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