Re: pause page
Quoting Oki DZ (litbang@haltek.telkom.net.id):
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, David Wright wrote:
> > Quoting Beavis (beavis@bidz.com):
> > > sometimes i try to read the help files, but they come down to fast
> > >
> > > how do you pause the scrolling text?
> > >
> > > the pause/ break button doesn't seem to respond
> > > i know this is a dumb question, but maybe somebody will get a good laugh!
> >
> > For situations where you don't want to use pipes, you can of course
> > use ^S and ^Q to stop and restart any output. If only your finger had
> > slipped off the Pause/Break key, you might have discovered that
> > ScrollLock toggles ^S ^Q in VCs.
>
> What about left-shift-pgup/pgdown? They'll do the same purpose.
I can only assume you have redefined them, then, or you're referring to
some xterm-like display other than xterm.
The keys you mention, by default, allow you to scroll up and down
the last few pages, just so long as you or the system doesn't write
to it. (You can configure the last conditions.)
Cheers,
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