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==Escape Key controversy== Prior to the VT220, if an [[Escape key]] was present, it was positioned in the upper left corner of the keyboard. The VT220 moved it to the typical location for the f11 key, in the middle of the top row of keys. For users of the [[TECO (text editor)|TECO]] editor, in which it is heavily used, this was inconvenient.<ref name=ESCapeKey.HC84>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[HARDCOPY]] |title=The RT-11 Perspective: VT220 |author=Milton Campbell |date=April 1984 |page=170}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Computerworld]] |quote=you have to go hunt for the VT220 ESCAPE key |title=VT220 ESCAPE key |date=March 18, 1985 |page=68}}</ref>
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