Re: Ctrl-C ignored after pasting a long text in an X terminal emulator

[Richmond <richmond@criptext.com>]

Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> writes:

> It doesn't work, presumably for the same reason that Ctrl-C doesn't work.
> The xterm's pty's input buffer is full, and it simply ignores all keyboard
> input from that point forward.
>
> (Are people not actually *testing* these things before proposing them?)

I didn't test it for the reason I stated. I think it would be better for
OP to test it as he won't do any more damage than he has already done.

I have come across occasions where ctrl-c doesn't work but ctrl-z does
however.