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[Darrin Chandler]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:19:57PM -0500, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> This may be OT here, but...
> in some contexts, Ctrl-S (along with Ctrl-Q)
> is used for software flow control.
> I think one of them is X-OFF and the other is X-ON.
> I think some terminals or other devices which
> accept and/or forward data to or from the user,
> even generate X-OFF "automatically" when
> appropriate, e.g., due to line congestion or
> something like that...
> (and then I guess X-ON later when appropriate)

No, I think it's very on-topic. I've had this happen to me many, many
times!

However, I've been a fan of Ctrl-R for years. FYI, It's not really just
a bash thing. Also works in Korn, etc. I think it's more to do with what
you're using for your (forget the proper term) line editor (Emacs, vi,
etc).

Mr. Reed, if you're around, you can probably say the right thing. ;)

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