Bug#586953: Is Open Firmware prompt slower than 9600? (Bug#586953)

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 07/27/2010 06:42 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko hat am Tue 20. Jul, 14:56 (+0200) geschrieben:
>   
>> On 07/11/2010 09:58 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote:
>>     
>>> grub2 (1.98+20100705-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>>>       
>>>>  .
>>>>    * New Bazaar snapshot.
>>>>      - Bidi and diacritics support.
>>>>        + Use terminfo for ieee1275 terminals (closes: #586953).
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I'm sorry, but this doesn't fix my problem. I've installed and run this
>>> new release, but I still have the problem that the commandline or editing
>>> mode is left, when I hold down an arrow key.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I think that for some reason your ieee1275 is slower than the nominal
>> 9600.
>>     
> Does someone else experienced that the Open Firmware prompt is very
> slow? Is it possible to adjust this?
>
>   
Have you tried the patch I supplied last time? Did it make any difference?
> From the bug report:
>   
>> when switch to the editing mode or the commandline mode from the menu and
>> hold down an arrow key, e.g. right arrow to move to the end of line, the
>> editing mode quits and I'm back to the menu.
>>
>> To me it looks like the arrow keys send multi‐character sequences
>> starting with an escape character. The escape character is used to leave
>> the editing mode, hence the escape is misinterpreted when the key is held
>> down.
>>     
>
> Regads, Jörg.
>   


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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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