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This is not news to anyone (in tech) over 40. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control

by ojbyrne 13y ago

delinka 13y ago
But the world is full of neophytes, re-inventors, etc. It's good to remind people periodically and educate the next generation.
- ojbyrne 13y ago
  Of course. I was actually just expressing a feeling of nostalgia.
- nkurz 13y ago
  And besides, the older I get (41) the more I can use frequent reminders of the things I used to know. It's disturbing the number of times I've searched the web for answers, and discovered an answer I wrote myself. And I hadn't known this could be easily turned off with 'stty' as suggested in another answer. Or maybe I did once know that?
  - delinka 13y ago
    The following quite becomes more relevant every year: "I've forgotten more than you'll ever know!" --Insulting Old Fogey
emmelaich 13y ago
That wiki page doesn't mention tilde does it? I know tilde escapes from cu(1) (part of uucp) http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/uucp/cu.1.html http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/uucp/cu.1.html But it may well have originated before then.
beachstartup 13y ago
i'm turning 30 this year, have been dealing with this issue for 15 years, and still mini-panic for about 2 seconds whenever i hit ctrl-s by accident. it's good to read about. chill out man.
- eli 13y ago
  I think the implication was that there was a time when one frequently wanted to mess with the flow control.
  - beachstartup 13y ago
    i used to use it all the time on dialup connections. these days it's largely just a pain in the ass.
  - nkurz 13y ago
    WELL HOW ESL&^H^HLSE ARE YOU GOING TO READ A 25+ LINE FILE OTHER THAN MASHING CTRLQ BEFORE THE LINES SCROLL OFF THE SCREEN? BY READING THRE AFTERGLOW? I SUPPOSE YOU`VE ASL^H^HSLO GOT A DIRECT CONNECT MODEMS WHERE YOU CAN`T EVEN HEAR WHAT`S GOING ON. +++ATH...
- eterm 13y ago
  Being a windows developer who dabbles in linux I accidentally smack ctrl+s a dozen times a day when vimming. I've only just recently got used to to recovery mechanism: Ctrl+q to recover the terminal, a stiff drink to recover my nerves.
  - voltagex_ 13y ago
    From a comment above, I think you'll be able to put stty -ixon -ixoff in your .profile (or .bashrc or whatever) and ctrl+s/q won't be a problem anymore.

This is not news to anyone (in tech) over 40. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control

by ojbyrne 13y ago

This is not news to anyone (in tech) over 40. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_flow_control

delinka 13y ago

But the world is full of neophytes, re-inventors, etc. It's good to remind people periodically and educate the next generation.

ojbyrne 13y ago
Of course. I was actually just expressing a feeling of nostalgia.
nkurz 13y ago
And besides, the older I get (41) the more I can use frequent reminders of the things I used to know. It's disturbing the number of times I've searched the web for answers, and discovered an answer I wrote myself. And I hadn't known this could be easily turned off with 'stty' as suggested in another answer. Or maybe I did once know that?
- delinka 13y ago
  The following quite becomes more relevant every year: "I've forgotten more than you'll ever know!" --Insulting Old Fogey

emmelaich 13y ago

That wiki page doesn't mention tilde does it? I know tilde escapes from cu(1) (part of uucp) http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/uucp/cu.1.html http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/uucp/cu.1.html But it may well have originated before then.

beachstartup 13y ago

i'm turning 30 this year, have been dealing with this issue for 15 years, and still mini-panic for about 2 seconds whenever i hit ctrl-s by accident. it's good to read about. chill out man.

eli 13y ago
I think the implication was that there was a time when one frequently wanted to mess with the flow control.
- beachstartup 13y ago
  i used to use it all the time on dialup connections. these days it's largely just a pain in the ass.
- nkurz 13y ago
  WELL HOW ESL&^H^HLSE ARE YOU GOING TO READ A 25+ LINE FILE OTHER THAN MASHING CTRLQ BEFORE THE LINES SCROLL OFF THE SCREEN? BY READING THRE AFTERGLOW? I SUPPOSE YOU`VE ASL^H^HSLO GOT A DIRECT CONNECT MODEMS WHERE YOU CAN`T EVEN HEAR WHAT`S GOING ON. +++ATH...
eterm 13y ago
Being a windows developer who dabbles in linux I accidentally smack ctrl+s a dozen times a day when vimming. I've only just recently got used to to recovery mechanism: Ctrl+q to recover the terminal, a stiff drink to recover my nerves.
- voltagex_ 13y ago
  From a comment above, I think you'll be able to put stty -ixon -ixoff in your .profile (or .bashrc or whatever) and ctrl+s/q won't be a problem anymore.