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From: ghoti@BOURBAKI.MIT.EDU
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Subject: ^s (control-s)
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Date: 21 Nov 88 04:03:29 GMT
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I was using GNU emacs to edit a file. When I wanted to save what I had
done before doing more, I typed ^x^s . Normally, the command is echoed to
the screen and then a message appears about what happened. Instead, my 
terminal stopped responding to my keystrokes and nothing was echoed
to the screen. Eventually, I figured out that for some reason the
system I was using was interpreting the ^s as the command to stop the
printing of output to the screen and not as part of the save command.
I log into the machine via a modem by dialing up FASNET at Harvard and
it does interpret ^s as a command to suppress output. 

I would think that GNU emacs would be able to override this, but apparently
it can't. Another possiblity would be to define a command to replace ^x^s
but I don't know how to define my own commands in emacs and in any case
I don't know what is involved in revising the command for ^x^s.

Any suggestions ?

Allan Adler
ghoti@cauchy.mit.edu