Re: What does ^S work?

In the old days of using a terminal, there was a protocol to stop/start output to the terminal, so it could be read before it scrolled off into bit heaven; the protocol was called XON and XOFF.  To generate and XON, you typed ^S, and to cancel, and continue the output, you typed ^Q, the XOFF character.

So if you accidentally press ^S, then pressing ^Q will cancel it.  This is a function of the terminal, and probably not vim at all. Vim probably doesn't even see it, but should not interfere, as it is possible some people might still use a remote terminal and need this ability.

Marty Fried
Now proven to be an old fart. :)

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:07 PM, IL HAN <corone.il.han@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

 

I use VIM 7.1

OS: Linux (kernel version 2.6.34)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo

 

When I hold down the [CTRL] key and press the 's' key simultaneously (both in command mode or insert mode),

since then, any key and any command doesn't work. And I cannot escape from that state.

 

What does ^S work?

 

I don't know if this is a bug or not.

But even if you think this isn't a bug,

this is inconvenient and dangerous for me.

I sometimes press ^S mistakenly.

(Especially when I press "^W, s" or ^D.)

 

Can you please, fix it?

or let me know how to escape from that state if you know that.

 

Thank you.

 

--

Il Han

 

 

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