>On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:08:48AM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
>> > TAB?!
>> >
>> > Well, maybe this is too obvious, but you've tried CTRL/J right?
>>
>> Unless this is a _very_ strange terminal, ctrl-J is linefeed. Tab would
>> be ctrl-I.
>
>Sure, I wasn't saying TAB is ^J, I was expressing disbelief that the Wyse
>terminal has a setting to make the RETURN key generate TAB. That's >twisted!
Wyse terminals are twisted!!!
>> Most terminals will send Esc if you type ctrl-[, which is useful on some
>> VT series units without a real escape key...
>
>Yeah, ^[ comes in handy, since on current PC keyboards the real Esc key is
>a long way from the home keys. I wish there were a similar easy way to get
>the \ character, since it seems no two keyboards have that in the same >place.
That's not my problem, though mine's associated. My problem is the |
(pipe) character! Depending on which Auspex and which site, I might be
using a DEC, HP, Wyse, NCR or Esprit terminal at work, or telneting in from
RS/6k, Sun, HP, or PC. At home it's a little easier as all the terminals
are DEC (normally VT420's). All told I think I regularly use 6-10
significantly different keyboards.
Don't even get me started on 'xterm-like' apps and Telnet/rsh sessions!
Zane
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