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From: sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: What a joke Emacs is (CTRL-Q/S controversy)
Message-ID: <3918@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Jul 88 10:10:32 GMT
References: <3601@csvax.liv.ac.uk> <23571@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University

In article <23571@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>,
 mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
> 
> How fast does it (Maculator) go WITHOUT xon/xoff?  Emacs uses ^S for
> "incremental search", and ^Q for "quote" (to allow you to insert control
> chars into your buffer).
> 
I find it amazing that an editor (does Emacs deserve such an accolade ?)
in these so-called modern times actually uses CTRL-Q and CTRL-S as commands.
This has me dumbfounded (for a change !) and it serves anyone right who
uses Emacs. All minis/mainframes I know of (no doubt there are exceptions)
support XON/XOFF as a matter of course and you WOULD be foolish to run a
terminal emulator at high speeds without XON/XOFF active.

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