On Tue, July 15 at 7:51 AM EDT Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> >> >> 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, > >It's part of the serial protocol. Before TCP/IP receiving devices had to >stop receiving every so often in order to catch up. It's really a legacy >from the time when output devices were serial devices. It was also a >frequent help desk call when users had 'dumb' serial terminals. Thanks to Anthony, Rick and Rogier (who pointed out it suspends only output, not input). Shawn Lamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
