I see "Escape" used (or at least the "esc" key on my keyboard) in a lot of applications still as a kind of "get me out of here" key. And it's used a lot by emacs as the meta key, IIRC.
On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Michael S. Kaplan wrote: > Not for any terribly interesting reason, but mainly for all kinds of > ancient features like I mention here: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2008/11/04/9037027.aspx > > and here: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2007/05/28/2954171.aspx > > Michael > >> Hello! >> >> 001B, 001D, 001C are present in some keyboard layouts. What are these >> characters used for? >> >> > > > ===== SiƓn ap-Rhisiart John H. Jenkins [email protected]

