Terminal question

[bill at billhorne.homelinux.org (Bill Horne)]

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 13:00, Dan Barrett wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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.

Ctrl-S is the ASCII "X-OFF" character, often used for software flow
control when RTS/CTS hardware control isn't available. You may disable
it for the TTY you're using, or just use Ctrl-Q ("X-ON") instead.

HTH.

Bill