Terminal question

[drew at drewtaylor.com (Drew Taylor)]

Dan Barrett wrote:

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> Drew Taylor wrote:
> | OK, this has been bugging me for ages now. I'm using PuTTY for ssh.
> | Every once in a while when using emacs keystrokes I'll accidentally do
> | Control-S, which results in a complete hanging of the terminal. I have
> | to close the window and open another session. What is this control code
> | doing, and is there a way I can turn it off?
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> Ctrl-S is the term suspend sequence (not just with PuTTY; it works on
> the console, as well).  Negate it by sending a Ctrl-Q.

Thanks for the quick response! Ctrl-Q was about the ONLY combination I 
hadn't tried. :-)

Drew
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