From: utzoo!decvax!minow Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: EMACS control character warning Article-I.D.: decvax.218 Posted: Fri May 28 20:46:34 1982 Received: Sat May 29 07:43:56 1982 Recently, I have been using a version of EMACS for Unix systems that uses CTRL/S for "search" and CTRL/Q for "quote next character" Please be warned that many terminals, such as the VT52 and VT100 use these for host->terminal flow control. (CTRL/S stops the host and CTRL/Q restarts it). This can lead to strange, irreproducable, editor glitches. While some versions of EMACS allow redefinition of the control characters, few novice users -- such as myself -- would dare such an advanced undertaking. Martin Minow decvax!minow