patch 8.0.0877: using CTRL- CTRL-N in terminal is inconsistent commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6d8197485dc84532e37aced2c39292bff374200d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Aug 6 14:57:49 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0877: using CTRL-\ CTRL-N in terminal is inconsistent Problem: Using CTRL-\ CTRL-N in terminal is inconsistent. Solution: Stay in Normal mode.

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec