Re: lynx-dev Re: ^Ve considered harmful

[Bela Lubkin]

Kim DeVaughn wrote:

Kim>> Personally, I'd *like* to use ESC, since ^V often means "literally 
Kim>> quote the next char", but that would probably cause problems with 
Kim>> various "special" keys (function, arrow, etc) that often use ESC 
Kim>> at the beginning of a CSI (control sequence introducer). 

Tom Dickey replied:

Tom> no - it will work (curses waits briefly to disentangle this -- though
Tom> I am told that slang may not do this properly).

Lynx also works with various OS's native curses, some of which do *not*
handle this correctly.  So if you use ESC for a quote char, be prepared
for endless niggling bugs on older systems, slowly dwindling as the
years go by...

>Bela<