On 07:09 26 May 2002, Dave Ihnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 04:54:58PM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > Correct. | I don't think so; see my response to him.
Well, uncommon. Non-arrow keys _are_ essential. | > The other thing is that arrow keys send multibyte character sequences, | > not single characters. ... | > The hueristic in curses is to watch the timing - if these characters | > arrive close enough together they are considered an arrow key. | > However, over a remote connection (telnet, ssh, busy serial line, | > whatever) almost arbitrary timing gaps may appear between the charaters | > and the curses program (vi in your example) can misread things. | > Avoid the arrow keys - they are EEEEEVIL! | | Hmm. All I'll say is that in more than 20 years of using vi over any sort | of comm link you can imagine--and some you probably can't--this has never | been a problem I've encountered. I have, first hand. Heavily loaded systems. Very clagged serial lines. It happens. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ How in the _hell_ did you manage to get out of a ticket for _anything_ in the Peoples' Republic of Ohio?! I have _never_ driven through Ohio and seen the driver _not_ get a ticket. - John Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
