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Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: RamZ on May 05, 2004, 06:34:08 am

I figure this is a very basic question for most of you but I\'m totally new to the Z, so please help a newbie!  

I\'m trying to use the Terminal program (Sharp ROM 3.10) on my 5500 to telnet into an office computer. The escape sequence I need to use is ^[. How do I get this sequence using either the built-in keyboard or the onscreen keyboard?

Thanks very much.

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: doc on May 05, 2004, 08:16:59 am

The cancel button acts as the ESC key, or you can bring up the software \"keyboard\" and there is an ESC key in the upper left corner.  

Reference: http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...put&parent_id=0 (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=4&categories=Character+Input&parent_id=0)

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: bluedevils on May 05, 2004, 08:31:34 am

On my 760 it is fn+shift+d

This will terminate a telnet session

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: RamZ on May 06, 2004, 05:25:26 am

Just to clarify, the escape sequence I need to enter is NOT the Escape key, but ctrl-[. With the onscreen keyboard, ctrl-[ does nothing. The built-in \"hard\" keyboard has no ctrl key. Anybody there who has experience with telnet and knows how to get the ctrl-[ escape sequence?

Thanks!

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: tumnus on May 06, 2004, 05:58:51 am

The CTRL key on the default on-screen keyboard doesn\'t do anything. You need to install a 3rd party keyboard such as Tapboard to get a working CTRL key: http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=483 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=483)

The problem with Entering CTRL+[ with the hardware keyboard is that FN+Shift normally simulates CTRL, but you need to press FN+Shift+Backspace just to get [.

Have you tried FN+Shift+D as bluedevils suggested? This generates the EOF character on all Zaurii and terminates a connected session at least (even before login). FN+C also does the same with the signal it generates.

You could try installing and configuring Keyhelper to convert some other unused key combination to generate CTRL+[

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: bluedevils on May 06, 2004, 09:58:36 am

fn+cancel will send ctrl+[

but to terminate a telnet session you are looking for ctrl+]

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: tumnus on May 06, 2004, 10:40:34 am

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fn+cancel will send ctrl+[

I get ^[ in a telnet session just by pressing Cancel on its own.

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but to terminate a telnet session you are looking for ctrl+]

Oh yeah, so it is. Doesn\'t change anything though. You need to enter FN+Shift+, to get a ] , so you still cannot enter CTRL+] unless someone knows of some other magic key combination.

Title: Telnet Escape Sequence/Newbie!
Post by: bluedevils on May 06, 2004, 10:59:13 am

woops. correct

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I get ^[ in a telnet session just by pressing Cancel on its own.