[OLPC-devel] Escape keys and keyboards.....

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Jim Gettys wrote:
> Traditionally, escape has been used by many keyboard based applications
> (e.g. vi, emacs), but its use is much more rare in recent applications.
> 
> We are giving thought to whether we really need an escape key: we have
> need for a number of keys not typically found on current keyboards.
> 
> Here's the question: can anyone identify any application which breaks if
> escape is generated by ^] rather than pressing the key labeled "esc" on
> their keyboard?

vi. The hand-generated escape did not work when I tried a few minutes ago.
This may be related to my nodeadkeys keyboard layout. Same both for text
console and in X.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel