Re: What does ^S work?

On 04 Dec 2011, IL HAN wrote:
> Hi,
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> I use VIM 7.1
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> OS: Linux (kernel version 2.6.34)
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> CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
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> When I hold down the [CTRL] key and press the 's' key simultaneously
> (both in command mode or insert mode),
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> since then, any key and any command doesn't work. And I cannot escape
> from that state.
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> What does ^S work?
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> I don't know if this is a bug or not.
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> But even if you think this isn't a bug,
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> this is inconvenient and dangerous for me.
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> I sometimes press ^S mistakenly.
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> (Especially when I press "^W, s" or ^D.)
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> Can you please, fix it?
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> or let me know how to escape from that state if you know that.
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> Thank you.

Nothing to do with vim. It's a linux feature. Just do Ctrl-q to get
back to normal.

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