Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 1:27:53 PM, Keith wrote:
>> One downside of vim that I just remembered, be careful the need for
>> slamming the ESC key. Windows likes to think it means "shut this window
>> NOW!"
>> and if you have the confirmation turned off you lose messages in your Windows
>> email client. Normally I don't wack the ESC key unless I am doing code. See
>> above. ;)
>>
> ?? Must be program-dependent. Haven't had Windows do this. Typically,
> I'm using vim within a Windows telnet client.
Telnet clients are exceptions, really. Pretty much everything /except/
ALT keys (and even then...) are passed through unmolested. However the
defailt behavior of esc on base windows productivity apps is close the window.
Try it on others. :)
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