On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 19:55 +0000, Adam Funk wrote: > On Monday 24 January 2005 12:30, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > * Adam Funk: > >>>From using gnome-terminal and other "heavyweight" terminal emulators, > >> I'm using to pressing ctrl-S to pause the output. But when I do this > >> in xterm (which I otherwise prefer because it seems lighter) it locks > >> up the terminal window permanently (as far as I can tell). Why? > >> > >> Is there a way to pause and release the console output on xterm? > >> Have I missed some configuration option? > > > > I haven't tried it with xterm, but the pausing with Ctrl-s is a > > feature of all terminal emulators I know of. You can resume by > > pressing Ctrl-q. > > Thanks. On most of the other ones I've used, you press any key ("My > keyboard doesn't have an 'any' key!") to resume after ctrl-s. Then it couldn't have been ^S, since the terminal would only respond to ^Q. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil." Kin Hubbard
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