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John Hascall wrote:
   On the other hand, I wish moronic programmers would stop using ESCAPE
   as a keystroke when it clearly is not.

   You'ld think someone from "nist" would have some respect for *standards*,
   wouldn't you?

Well, I am not sure if you are serious or joking. If you are serious, 
I would just say that I want my work done; my understanding of ANSI
escape sequences is that it is a standard for commands sent TO THE 
CHARACTER-BASED TERMINALS. The usurpation of ESC for keystrokes send
_from_ my Xterm is just unreasonable. What would be a reason for it,
besides an overwhelming desire to literally obey?

A standard is just that: a standard way of doing things. As far as I
know, only DEC insists on interpreting the ANSI standard for display
commands as prohibiting the existence of an ESC keyboard key.

A good example here might be the RS232 standard, requiring +-12V signal
swing; however, a vendor whose equipment won't work with smaller swings
would be crucified in the market. Is it good? well, probably not, but
such is life.
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