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

[Jim Gettys]

Oops, so I'm backwards....  Jon is right...
             - Jim


On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 18:49 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> Instead, I've used ^[ in vi for many years (note open bracket, not close
> like in Jim's mail) - unlike the ESC key, I can hit it without moving my
> hand out of home position.
> 
> jon
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