^s      sends a stop to the terminal
^q      starts it again.

Some apps (xrvt?) do the same with the scroll-lock key

On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 12:18, Nick Rout wrote:
> I recall from dos days there were control sequences to stop a big
> scrolling app, and then to let it scroll again. I think it just paused
> the output to screen, rather than stopping the app. I seem to recall
> ctrl-q <??>
> 
> Can you do this in linux?
> -- 
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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