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From: support@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Academic Support)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Resetting XON/XOFF on vt220's
Message-ID: <2196@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 16 Jun 89 02:17:42 GMT
Reply-To: support@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Academic Support)
Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY
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Does anyone know if it's possible to reset the flow control on a
vt220 terminal via some control sequence? 

Ya see, a large number of our students don't know how to use the Setup
key to set the flow control on their terminals (yes we have an ample
supply of locally written documentation as well as conducting
workshops for beginners, but...). The default setup is XON/XOFF to
enable the use of the Hold Screen key, as well as allowing the use of
slow scroll and local printers, but lately we've been acquiring a
growing number of Emacs users who change the flow control to No XOFF.
This allows them to use Ctrl-s and Ctrl-q for Emacs stuff.

What I'd like to do is have the students' initialization file reset the
flow control to XON/XOFF, thus reducing the hysteria of novice users
who find that they can't stop their screen from scrolling. I haven't
been able to locate a Programmer's Reference Manual, but what I've
seen in the Owner's Manual hasn't been too encouraging.

Thanks for any help you can provide.-- 
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:Bill Hanrahan                      Relax, don't worry...have a homebrew
:Programmer/Analyst SUNY Binghamton
:hanrahan@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu            hanrahan@bingvaxa.bitnet