Re: DEC workstation user feedback

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From: Przemek Klosowski
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:24

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In article <11173347@zl2tnm.gen.nz> don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes) writes:


   start with an ESC and follow the ANSI sequences.

   Treating ESC as a keystroke is asking for trouble.  If an application 
   receives an ESC, it can either treat it as one character or as a lead
   in to a multiple character sequence.  IT CANNOT DO BOTH.  

But that is not what I meant!!! _Of course_ ESC cannot reliably be at
the same time a command by itself and a command sequence prefix. But,
if you have your way, escape may only prefix the keys that the vendor
provided for you (arrow keys, keypad, whatever); why on earth should
you disallow other commands that start with an escape key?

I see that you mentioned vi, which indeed tries to use ESC in both
capabilities.  I say "dump vi, use emacs".

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