Re: Linux port trouble

The Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:06:51 +0100, after eating far too many mushrooms
of confusion copx wrote:

>> > I'm trying to get my RL to build on Linux again.
>> > Everything seems to work but I have one problem:
>> > The Esc key is used a lot in the game and Linux
>> > seems to give this key a "special treatment". For
>> > example if you try to close the inventory screen
>> > by pressing Esc there is a small but annoying delay
>> > before the screen actually closes. It seems that
>> > on Linux you can use the Esc key to enter
>> > command sequences and that the key is not
>> > send directly to the program because of this.
>> > Is there a way to turn off this behaviour?
>>
>> Sure, just exactly what language/libs do you use ?
> 
> The One True Way of course ;-)
> C + (n)curses
:)

Just do
ESCDELAY = 0;

It ought to work.

Source:
http://www.geocities.com/edeater2001/vin2.htm

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