Hi, > Does the original code flush the multi-byte sequence on a timeout? I > suspect it is important that one can hit ESC without having to type > another key. Also, I'd prefer to avoid backwards gotos if possible.
Yes, sort of. If it didn't match an escape sequence and hasn't seen additional data on this particular sercon_handle_event call it goes on interpret the buffer content as single byte. So, effectively the timeout is the clock_update() call interval. cheers, Gerd