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>>* >hrmm thanks! now if I can only get VI to edit my rc.conf! my mac keyboard
>>* >is
>>* >one of those compact ones like 3in tall and a foot and a half wide so it's
>>* >not what you'd call a big keyboard... and what's the equivelant of a mac
>>* >"Esc" key in netbsd? I always used esc,esc to get into the command line of
>>* >vi what is it for netbsd?
>>*
>>* Er, I always used the ESC key...top left one on the keyboard.
>>*
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>>some keyboards don't have an escape key... i've also found ^C to work...
>
>Try ^3 (that's control-3). It should generate the right ASCII code... I use
>it all the time on old DEC terminals. You can also use that trick for F-keys.
>F1 = ESC 1, or ^3 1 (control-3 then 1). Comes in rather handy.
>
>Cheers,
>
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>Paul Ripke
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>
On my smaller keyboard I Telnet onto a Unix system emulating a VT100.
The only key combination that I know of is ^[ (control-[) which works
on NetBSD's & Linux's VI editor. I've never tried (control-3), wich
seems faster and easier.

Hope I Helped,
Sean