Feature request- escape and control keys

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. No Escape or CTRL (^) key support when using Bluetooth or keyboard dock with 
iPad or iPhone 
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Tried using the bullet key as described in some earlier posts to implement a 
CTRL D, CTRL A and CTRL E shortcuts, but I must be entering them incorrectly if 
this feature is still configurable.  Would prefer to see these implemented 
under Gestures for soft keyboard.  Would like to see more external keyboard 
support in this as well.  I do sysadmin work and am trying to reduce the 
hardware I carry.  I can't use vim or nano without ctrl and escape 
functionality...

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
terminal 4.7.2 on iOS 3.2.2 iPad.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nefariou...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2010 at 4:44

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nano works just fine for me, •X behaves like CTRL-X
• is found at ".?123", "#+=", •

By the way, the is only one existing editor, nano, and it's old brother, pico...
What should this "vim" be? (Insider joke...hope you got that one;))

Original comment by dave.sto...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2010 at 4:49

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By the way r472 is not eaqual to 4.7.2, as r472 just means the 472nd release 
while 4.7.2 means "fourth major, seventh minor, second under" (I don't know why 
the last is called under, please don't ask"

So while the changes from r399 to r400 could just be code cleanup, which the 
user doesn't know about, the changes from 3.x to 4.x are major, see iOS 3 vs 
iOS 4.

A revision number is generally not identified as "the new big update", but 
those are often uploaded as compiled binaries, meaning those are stable versions

Original comment by dave.sto...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2010 at 4:55

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There is no "dot" key on my keyboard. How do I add it? Using 472 on an iPad.

Original comment by RethinkR...@gmail.com on 3 Dec 2010 at 3:57

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No idea why its not there on the iPad (but yeah i've seen this).

External keyboard functionality seems like it should be its own bug -- and the 
code for it should likely be written by someone who has one of these external 
keyboards (I don't have one).

Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2010 at 6:15

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Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 5:58

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I'll mark this as Won't Fix until external Keyboard support is officially on 
our TODO

Original comment by dave.sto...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 1:02

• Changed state: WontFix