>Hi Gang!
>
>This one escapes me, off the top of my old bald head!
>
>I want to turn off the ESCAPE key, so I want to SET ESCAPE OFF.
>
>But, I want to save the ESC key status before I do that, then restore it when I get done with my code....
>
>Is the there a SET command or other command that will tell me the status of ESCAPE at any time?
>
>Thanks!

OK, I see you already got a reply. Here is an example:

local lcSetEscape
lcSetEscape = set("escape")
set escape off

* Do your stuff here

set escape &lcSetEscape && Macro-substitution replaces the following 5-line IF:

* if lcSetEscape = "ON"
*   set escape ON
* else
*   set escape OFF
* endif