Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philmds!leo
From: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: TERMCAP entry for vt220, anyone
Keywords: DEC VT220 ESCAPE
Message-ID: <869@philmds.UUCP>
Date: 4 Nov 88 06:10:41 GMT
References: <321@lafcol.UUCP> <601@infmx.UUCP>
Reply-To: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Organization: Philips I&E DTS Eindhoven
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In article <601@infmx.UUCP> aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) writes:
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|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).

Use ^[ (Control [).
I worked once on a adm3a that has no TAB key; had to use ^I instead 8-).
Are we going back to the old days with those modern sofisticated keyboards?

       Leo.