Shawn Lamson wrote: > On Tue, July 15 at 12:38 PM EDT > "Antony Gelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I have noticed that pressing ctrl+s in console or xterm suspends >>> input... I have not figured out how to successfully get out of that >>> situation. Is there a graceful way? What is the purpose of ctrl+s >>> ( >>> i believe I have the emacs style command line editor )? How can I >>> disable ctrl+s or alter it so that it does not freeze my >>> console/xterm? >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Shawn Lamson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ctrl+q. >> >> A > > Thanks it works - can you give me a little detail on what this is? > Is in fact a "suspend"... what is its purpose? > Again, thank you, > > Shawn Lamson > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://computing.vt.edu/infrastructure_services/vtaix/commands.html I found that in two seconds with google. And yes, it's to suspend/resume scrolling. Probably been around since the start of UNIX. A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
