Editing Escape key (section)

==Usage==
*In graphical desktop systems, escape typically cancels out of dialog boxes (on [[Mac OS]], the alternative was [[command key|command]]+.)
*Within BBC BASIC, escape halts the running program, or cancels the current text input, and prints "Escape" on the screen; for professionalism and safety, this facility can easily be blocked by binding it to its ASCII value of 27
*At the Windows and MS-DOS command line, it cancels the current text input (in this sense, similar to ^C at a UNIX or Linux command line)

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File:BTC 1.25-unit escape key.jpg    | [[BTC]] vs [[Filco]] escape keycaps on a [[BTC 51X9 series|BTC 5149]] keyboard
File:Fentek Industries Panic key.jpg | "Panic" [[novelty keys|novelty]] replacement Escape key from [[Fentek Industries]]
File:Macintosh escape key.jpg        | Macintosh escape symbol on a Matias keycap (the character is in Mac system fonts, but Apple keyboards use "esc")
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