Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers.rutgers.edu!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!OZ.AI.MIT.EDU!GZT.FORD From: GZT.FORD@OZ.AI.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: termcap, flow control, emacs Message-ID:Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 23:57:00 EDT Article-I.D.: MIT-OZ.GZT.FORD.12319762736.BABYL Posted: Sun Jul 19 23:57:00 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 00:40:05 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: ford%crash.cts.com.uucp@BBN.COM Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 15 > [...] > Doesn't this make the emacs commandset one of these "ancient protocols"? Yes, but I think there is a distinction between user-interface commands and communication protocols. The canonical use of ^S as a user-generated pause command such as is built-in to CP/M is most likely just a result of people who were used to typing the low-level flow control characters when using serially-connected terminals. Anyway, it's all just the facts of life now; we can only hope to remember the confusion it all caused when designing new systems. Happy hacking! -=] Mike "Ford" Ditto [=- usenet: ford@crash.CTS.COM arpa: ford@oz.AI.MIT.EDU