# HG changeset patch
# User Mikael Berthe <mikael@lilotux.net>
# Date 1196614611 -3600
# Node ID 8e763c2c331f6fc0a2a6464ebd4bd6365867d831
# Parent  7ca57f7e313c84be9bdf4f64399059c4bdad0486
Add option 'escdelay'
This option overrides the environment variable.

The autoconf check for ESCDELAY was borrowed from the
Midnight Commander project.

diff -r 7ca57f7e313c -r 8e763c2c331f mcabber/configure.ac
--- a/mcabber/configure.ac	Sun Dec 02 17:16:09 2007 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/configure.ac	Sun Dec 02 17:56:51 2007 +0100
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@
     AC_MSG_WARN([Your ncurses installation does not support unicode])
 fi
 
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ESCDELAY variable],
+               [mc_cv_ncurses_escdelay],
+               [AC_TRY_LINK([], [
+                            extern int ESCDELAY;
+                            ESCDELAY = 0;
+                            ],
+                            [mc_cv_ncurses_escdelay=yes],
+                            [mc_cv_ncurses_escdelay=no])
+               ])
+if test "$mc_cv_ncurses_escdelay" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ESCDELAY, 1,
+              [Define if ncurses has ESCDELAY variable])
+fi
+
 # Check for glib
 AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.0.0, , AC_MSG_ERROR([glib is required]),[g_list_append])
 
diff -r 7ca57f7e313c -r 8e763c2c331f mcabber/mcabberrc.example
--- a/mcabber/mcabberrc.example	Sun Dec 02 17:16:09 2007 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/mcabberrc.example	Sun Dec 02 17:56:51 2007 +0100
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@
 # isn't defined, the status message will stay unchanged.
 set message_autoaway = Auto-away (idle)
 
+# Escape timeout delay (ESCDELAY)
+# The ESCDELAY variable specifies the time, in milliseconds, for which
+# the ncurses interface will await a character sequence.
+# The default is 1000 (1 second).
+# If you want mcabber to react faster after hitting Escape, you can lower
+# this value by setting the ESCDELAY environment variable or setting the
+# 'escdelay' option.
+set escdelay = 50
+
 # Colors
 # Colors are: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white
 # For text colors (i.e. not background and bg* colors) you can also use
diff -r 7ca57f7e313c -r 8e763c2c331f mcabber/src/screen.c
--- a/mcabber/src/screen.c	Sun Dec 02 17:16:09 2007 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/src/screen.c	Sun Dec 02 17:56:51 2007 +0100
@@ -761,6 +761,14 @@
   start_color();
   use_default_colors();
 
+  if (settings_opt_get("escdelay")) {
+#ifdef HAVE_ESCDELAY
+    ESCDELAY = (unsigned) settings_opt_get_int("escdelay");
+#else
+    scr_LogPrint(LPRINT_LOGNORM, "ERROR: no ESCDELAY support.");
+#endif
+  }
+
   ParseColors();
 
   getmaxyx(stdscr, maxY, maxX);