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From: tom@bears.ucsb.edu (Tom Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: Elementary Question: Xon/Xoff help!
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Date: 20 Nov 90 22:42:02 GMT
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In-reply-to: c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu's message of 20 Nov 90 16:59:44 GMT

In article <1990Nov20.165944.4503@midway.uchicago.edu>, c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes:

> [1] Does this group have a "frequently asked questions" list?  Is it
> ftpable from anywhere?

I don't know.

> [2] Is there a *standard* way around the ^s/^q problem on systems that use
> that barbaric hardware flow control?  

Yes.  Try this:

      (setq keyboard-translate-table (make-string 128 0))
      (let ((i 0))
	(while (< i 128)
	  (aset keyboard-translate-table i i)
	  (setq i (1+ i))))
      (aset keyboard-translate-table ?\^^ ?\^q)
      (aset keyboard-translate-table ?\^\\ ?\^s)

And if your terminal sends C-s and C-q instead of just trapping them,
include this:

      (set-input-mode nil t)
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