an editor that doesn't require any esc or control keys to be used...

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Welcome to the green eyeshade world of IBM mainframes :-)
On 16 Aug 2002 at 16:36, FRamsay at castelhq.com wrote:

> 
> I tried a number of things, and after playing around with the AS/400 telnet
> system I discovered a way to send a limited set of control or escape
> sequences.  You have to tell telnet that when it recieves an F5 to send esc
> to the remote system.  As a result I've gotten some functionality working,
> but it's still a _very_ painfull process.    So far vi has been the most
> usable, but even that is hobbled by the AS/400 terminal.
> 
>                     -fjr
> 
> Frank Ramsay
> Systems Programmer
> Castel, Inc
> 14 Summer St, 3rd Floor
> Malden, MA 02148
> (781) 324-0140 (voice)
> (781) 324-0277 (fax)
> Emal: framsay at castel.com
> 
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> 
> Since Frank Ramsay was the original poster, have you tried anything useful
> yet?
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