GNU bug report logs - #1072
23.0.60; can't exit viper insert mode with ESC using emacsclient -t

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Message #58 received at 1072 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.sunysb.edu>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> upsilon.cc>,
        Romain Francoise <rfrancoise <at> debian.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1072: Viper version is 3.14 of April 06, 2008; can't exit
 viper insert mode with ESC using emacsclient -t
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:20 -0500

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:40:21 -0800 (PST)
Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu> wrote:

> Michael Kifer <kifer <at> cs.sunysb.edu> writes:
> 
>   > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:48:14 +0100
>   > Stefano Zacchiroli <zack <at> upsilon.cc> wrote:
>   > 
>   > > 1) viper-ESC-keyseq-timeout is a global variable, shared by all Emacs
>   > >    clients, can it be made local to a buffer (actually it would be
>   > >    enough to make it local to a client, but I don't believe it is
>   > >    possible), or there is some Viper magic which would defeat this
>   > >    solution not work?
>   > 
>   > I don't see a reason why this variable cannot be buffer-local.
> 
> Disclaimer: I don't know anything about viper.
> 
> But the above does not sound right: a buffer can be used in both an X11
> frame and a tty frame at the same time, so a buffer-local value won't
> work.

Yes, you are right. If there is a way to find out whether the selected window
is in a terminal frame or X frame then viper-ESC-keyseq-timeout can be made
into a function.

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