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- From: morris@best.com (Paul Morris)
- Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: While using xemacs via modem connection,...
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 23:48:36 -0700
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
- Message-ID: <morris-1904962348370001@morris.vip.best.com>
- References: <4l7gq0$p2a@epx.cis.umn.edu>
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- In article <4l7gq0$p2a@epx.cis.umn.edu>, yjwon@cs.umn.edu (Youjip Won) wrote:
-
- > Hi,
- > I usually use my 486PC as dummy terminal and connect it to the work
- > station at school via modem. I favorite editor is xemacs. These days,
- > when I use xemacs in the situation above, control-s character is
- > somehow inserted. I never typed it. It means when I try to go a page
- > down by C-v, the xemacs search for a string ^v. C-s character is
- > generated randomnly. I don't know where it comes from. But, it has
- > never happened before. Please let me know the details if you have had
- > the similar experience.
-
-
- Your communication program must be using software flow control. This uses
- control-s and control-q to prevent overruns. The control-s says "stop while
- I process the current input," and control-q means "ready to go again."
- You should try to switch to hardware flow control (CTS & RTS). That should
- stop the inteference with emacs.
-
-
-
- > Also, sometimes if I type C-s , it is interpreted as 'stop screen'
- > command. I don't know why. Any type of feedback would be greatly
- > appreciated. Thanks.
- >
-
-
- This is normal at the exec level. You can use control-s to stop output
- from passing by too fast to read it. Use control-q to release the stop.
- They are still marked on some keyboards as XOFF and XON.
-
- Paul
-