diff -urp elinks-0.12pre5.orig/src/terminal/kbd.c elinks-0.12pre5/src/terminal/kbd.c
--- elinks-0.12pre5.orig/src/terminal/kbd.c	2009-07-07 14:23:17.000000000 +0200
+++ elinks-0.12pre5/src/terminal/kbd.c	2011-06-06 02:29:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -765,6 +765,11 @@ decode_terminal_escape_sequence(struct i
 	int v;
 	int el;
 
+	if (itrm->in.queue.len == 2 && itrm->in.queue.data[1] == ASCII_ESC) {
+		kbd.key = KBD_ESC;
+		set_kbd_interlink_event(ev, kbd.key, kbd.modifier);
+		return 2;
+	}
 	if (itrm->in.queue.len < 3) return -1;
 
 	if (itrm->in.queue.data[2] == '[') {
@@ -1108,8 +1113,7 @@ process_queue(struct itrm *itrm)
 			 * beginning of e.g. ESC ESC 0x5B 0x41,
 			 * which we should parse as Esc Up.  */
 			if (itrm->in.queue.len < 3) {
-				/* Need more data to figure it out.  */
-				el = -1;
+				el = decode_terminal_escape_sequence(itrm, &ev);
 			} else if (itrm->in.queue.data[2] == 0x5B
 				   || itrm->in.queue.data[2] == 0x4F) {
 				/* The first ESC appears to be followed