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On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which > should be more than enough. That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, but I don't suppose it's likely to be changed at this point :-( -- PMM
Peter Maydell, on Wed 22 Jun 2016 21:49:04 +0100, wrote: > On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, > > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users > > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user > > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which > > should be more than enough. > > That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, I guess it's a "feature" due to old sluggish terminals. Samuel
On 22 June 2016 at 22:06, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@gnu.org> wrote: > Peter Maydell, on Wed 22 Jun 2016 21:49:04 +0100, wrote: >> On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: >> > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, >> > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users >> > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user >> > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which >> > should be more than enough. >> >> That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, > > I guess it's a "feature" due to old sluggish terminals. Even the old mechanical terminals like the ASR33 could do at least five or six characters a second :-) thanks -- PMM
Hello, Peter Maydell, on Wed 22 Jun 2016 21:49:04 +0100, wrote: > On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, > > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users > > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user > > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which > > should be more than enough. > > That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, > but I don't suppose it's likely to be changed at this point :-( So, could this be applied? Otherwise e.g. DOS applications ESC actions are very slugguish and thus look bogus in the ncurses UI. Samuel
On Sa, 2016-10-15 at 19:24 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Peter Maydell, on Wed 22 Jun 2016 21:49:04 +0100, wrote: > > On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > > > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, > > > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users > > > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user > > > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which > > > should be more than enough. > > > > That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, > > but I don't suppose it's likely to be changed at this point :-( > > So, could this be applied? Otherwise e.g. DOS applications ESC actions > are very slugguish and thus look bogus in the ncurses UI. Somehow slipped through and not in my qemu-devel folder any more. Can you resend? thanks, Gerd
Gerd Hoffmann, on Wed 26 Oct 2016 14:51:00 +0200, wrote: > On Sa, 2016-10-15 at 19:24 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Peter Maydell, on Wed 22 Jun 2016 21:49:04 +0100, wrote: > > > On 22 June 2016 at 16:44, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > > > > By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, > > > > since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users > > > > believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user > > > > experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which > > > > should be more than enough. > > > > > > That the default delay is this massive seems like a bug in curses, > > > but I don't suppose it's likely to be changed at this point :-( > > > > So, could this be applied? Otherwise e.g. DOS applications ESC actions > > are very slugguish and thus look bogus in the ncurses UI. > > Somehow slipped through and not in my qemu-devel folder any more. > Can you resend? I have bounced it, (its "Date:" is 22 Jun 2016). Samuel
diff --git a/ui/curses.c b/ui/curses.c index b475589..49d3ce6 100644 --- a/ui/curses.c +++ b/ui/curses.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void curses_refresh(DisplayChangeListener *dcl) keycode = curses2keycode[chr]; keycode_alt = 0; - /* alt key */ + /* alt or esc key */ if (keycode == 1) { nextchr = getch(); @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static void curses_setup(void) initscr(); noecho(); intrflush(stdscr, FALSE); nodelay(stdscr, TRUE); nonl(); keypad(stdscr, TRUE); start_color(); raw(); scrollok(stdscr, FALSE); + set_escdelay(200); /* Make color pair to match color format (3bits bg:3bits fg) */ for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
By default, curses will only report single ESC key event after 1s delay, since ESC is also used for keypad escape sequences. This however makes users believe that ESC is not working. Reducing to 0.2s provides good enough user experience, while still allowing 200ms for keypad sequences to get in, which should be more than enough. Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> --- ui/curses.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)