Re: scroll lock in rxvt

["Edward C. Lang" <edlang@pcug.org.au>]

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>>>>> "EB" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:

    EB> this seems obvious but i haven't found a solution yet..

    EB> control s activates the scroll lock, which in the console i can
    EB> release by pressing the scroll lock key on my keyboard (i
    EB> thought control w was also supposed to release it but it does
    EB> not work on my systems)

C-q, not C-w

    EB> however in X using rxvt if i inadvertantly press control s my
    EB> rxvt window has the scroll lock activated, and unlike the
    EB> console pressing the scroll lock key does not release it.  nor
    EB> does control w.

C-q. As above.

    EB> scroll lock makes the shell window pretty worthless, and in rxvt
    EB> i have not found a solution other then running a new rxvt and
    EB> killing the old one...  can anyone tell me what the real scroll
    EB> lock release key is?

As from stty -a:

...
start = ^Q; 
stop = ^S;
...

Regards,

Edward.

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