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Article #1414Re: Seeking vt220 help
From: Mike Coughlin
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 11:50
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 11:50
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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.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu!mikc From: mikc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mike Coughlin) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Seeking vt220 help Message-ID: <16617@life.ai.mit.edu> Date: 22 Jun 91 11:50:24 GMT References: <1991Jun21.155750.23070@shl.com> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Organization: The Internet Lines: 9