1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index e1cd7a482..f7d3ef678 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -209,8 +209,12 @@ struct globals {
         char *initial_cmds[3];  // currently 2 entries, NULL terminated
 #endif
         // Should be just enough to hold a key sequence,
-        // but CRASME mode uses it as generated command buffer too
-        char readbuffer[8];
+        // but CRASHME mode uses it as generated command buffer too
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_CRASHME
+        char readbuffer[128];
+#else
+        char readbuffer[8];
+#endif
 #define STATUS_BUFFER_LEN  200
         char status_buffer[STATUS_BUFFER_LEN]; // messages to the user
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_DOT_CMD
@@ -2283,8 +2287,8 @@ static char readit(void)	// read (maybe cursor) key from stdin
                                         struct pollfd pfd;
                                         pfd.fd = 0;
                                         pfd.events = POLLIN;
-                                        // TODO: what is a good timeout here? why?
-                                        if (safe_poll(&pfd, 1, /*timeout:*/ 0)) {
+                                        // Rob needed 300ms timeout on qemu
+                                        if (safe_poll(&pfd, 1, /*timeout:*/ 300)) {
                                                 if (safe_read(0, readbuffer + n, 1) <= 0)
                                                         goto error;
                                                 n++;