^X (was: an odd question

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_eskimo.com>
Date: Sun Aug 12 01:05:45 2001

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 08:53:36PM -0500, blstuart_at_bellsouth.net wrote:
> In message <m15VGkP-000IyJC_at_p850ug1>, Tony Duell writes:
> >Am I the only person here who instinctively uses ^S to halt screen output
> >and ^Q to restart it?
>
> I still do, sometimes at least. The output has gotten faster
> (and I've probably gotten slower). So it's a lot harder to
> control how many lines I let scroll than it was 20 years ago.

And not only faster, but less responsive. It takes a while after
you press ^S for the output to stop. I don't know if the cause is
network design, the design of UNIX, or both.
Received on Sun Aug 12 2001 - 01:05:45 BST