commit - 76364b2d0d2a4cbd30e348da2a4330a2137ee86e
commit + f0032ce63b4f4f035e5f7894a406a96931f99f3f
blob - ed0412fd13daaa1ea18139730716db483ba49274
blob + 18d37fe0f1b21d153863f1bcf024ecca990a307a
--- tog/tog.1
+++ tog/tog.1
@@ -58,12 +58,10 @@ provides global and command-specific key bindings and 
 Some command-specific key bindings may be prefixed with an integer, which is
 denoted by N in the descriptions below, and is used as a modifier to the
 operation as indicated.
-When the first integer for a count modifier is entered,
 .Nm
-will wait 500 milliseconds for each successive integer or the compound sequence
-to complete.
-If this sequence should timeout or does not conclude with a valid key binding,
-the command is aborted and any preceding count is reset.
+will echo digits to the screen when count modifiers are entered, and complete
+the sequence upon input of the first non-numeric character.
+Count modifiers can be aborted by entering an unmapped key.
 The global key bindings are:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Cm Q
blob - a0eb6888febf2682be968a5bf8356432f985c690
blob + 9cc2f49357acdfea63b9c2c89ad3b280d9054d53
--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -997,10 +997,8 @@ view_search_start(struct tog_view *view)
 }
 
 /*
- * Compute view->count from numeric user input.  User has five-tenths of a
- * second to follow each numeric keypress with another number to form count.
- * Return first non-numeric input or ERR and assign total to view->count.
- * XXX Should we add support for user-defined timeout?
+ * Compute view->count from numeric input. Assign total to view->count and
+ * return first non-numeric key entered.
  */
 static int
 get_compound_key(struct tog_view *view, int c)
@@ -1015,8 +1013,7 @@ get_compound_key(struct tog_view *view, int c)
 		v = view->parent;
 
 	view->count = 0;
-	halfdelay(5);  /* block for half a second */
-	wattron(v->window, A_BOLD);
+	cbreak();  /* block for input */
 	wmove(v->window, v->nlines - 1, 0);
 	wclrtoeol(v->window);
 	waddch(v->window, ':');
@@ -1041,8 +1038,6 @@ get_compound_key(struct tog_view *view, int c)
 	/* Massage excessive or inapplicable values at the input handler. */
 	view->count = n;
 
-	wattroff(v->window, A_BOLD);
-	cbreak();  /* return to blocking */
 	return c;
 }