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From: leichter@CS.YALE.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Resetting XON/XOFF on vt220's
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Date: 21 Jun 89 22:01:10 GMT
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In article <2196@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, support@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Academic Support) writes...
>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.

Can't be done.
							-- Jerry