Craig White said:
> On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 10:25, Michael Havens wrote:
>> What does ^z do?
>>
> ----
> Terminates the running process - in this case, terminate the vi editor
> and leave the temp file is recognized the next time you try to edit the
> original file in vi - which is why it is offering the opportunity to
> delete or bring the temp file into the editor - oen or the other must be
> chosen or the file cannot be edited.
Assuming you don't change your default terminal key mappings, it does not
terminate the running process, it suspends it and puts it into the
background. You can then resume by typing fg.
Short summary of the default keys:
^C - Terminate process
^D - EOF
^S - Pauses output
^Q - Resumes output
^U - Erase whole line
^W - Erase word
^Z - Suspend process (sends a SIGSTOP)
Check stty -a and man stty for all the gory details.
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Jason Santos
jason.santos@megaslow.net
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