[comp.sys.mac.misc] Term package w/ Esc key

andrewsr@romulus.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) (10/28/90)

Hi!

I am looking for a terminal package which transmits the Escape key,
instead of interpreting it as a code to the term package.  Please, if
you say one does it, give any specific instructions that may be
necessary to enable this feature.  (I want to be able to send an Esc-<
code to emacs on my host computer).

-Rich

rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn) (11/01/90)

In article <Oct.28.09.53.54.1990.21868@romulus.rutgers.edu>, andrewsr@romulus.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes:
|> I am looking for a terminal package which transmits the Escape key...

Virtually any terminal emulation program will send an ESC if you press the keys
equivalent to Control/[ (that's left bracket).  Of the programs I've used, both
White Knight and ZTerm can be configured to treat the backquote key ` (at the
upper left-hand corner of most keyboards) as Escape; ZTerm has this feature
enabled by default, White Knight comes disabled.  The setting is easily changed
by calling up the appropriate dialog box (which is usually called something
like "Keyboard Options"; I'm not at my Mac at the moment).

(White Knight can actually allow *any* ASCII character to be sent by the
backquote key; the default ASCII value of 27 specifies Escape.)

-- Russ
rsfinn@{athena,lcs}.mit.edu