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Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful
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Klaus Weide |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful |
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:18:00 -0600 (CST) |
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Bela Lubkin wrote:
> Kim DeVaughn wrote:
>
> Kim>> Personally, I'd *like* to use ESC, since ^V often means "literally
> Kim>> quote the next char", but that would probably cause problems with
> Kim>> various "special" keys (function, arrow, etc) that often use ESC
> Kim>> at the beginning of a CSI (control sequence introducer).
>
> Tom Dickey replied:
>
> Tom> no - it will work (curses waits briefly to disentangle this -- though
> Tom> I am told that slang may not do this properly).
>
> Lynx also works with various OS's native curses, some of which do *not*
> handle this correctly. So if you use ESC for a quote char, be prepared
> for endless niggling bugs on older systems, slowly dwindling as the
> years go by...
Lynx already does its own recognition of escape sequences without needing
keypad() - probably has been doing so longer than keypad() was there.
I find (with ncurses) that I _can_ get an ESC through - i.e. can do
KEYMAP:^]:something - if I press ESC twice. That's because LYgetch
waits for the next key after it sees the first ESC.
Klaus
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, dickey, 1999/02/15
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, Bela Lubkin, 1999/02/15
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful,
Klaus Weide <=
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, dickey, 1999/02/16
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, Bela Lubkin, 1999/02/16
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, dickey, 1999/02/16
- Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful, Bela Lubkin, 1999/02/16