On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 12:49:46PM +0100, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 12:11:39PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > > It could have been handy on a real tty > > > > It is very handy on emulated ttys too. You never had the output of > > tcpdump / tail -f /var/log/ / make you wanted to pause to inspect > > something? > > On slow, physical VT100 terminals, indeed, I used that over 20 years > ago. On virtual ones they are usually to quick to spit out nowadays.
FWIW, I still do use that on (mostly) Xterm these days. > I usually relauch the command under screen C-a-h or with > > /tmp/blabla 2>&1 > > > Then the first time it happens to them they will search for 'linux > > terminal frozen' on the web and learn something. > > Yes, that could teach them something. No need to get all sarcastic if someone disagrees with you. Things... happen :-) Cheers -- t
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