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diff etc/TUTORIAL @ 8128:027fb17a2952
Talk about flow control along with C-x C-s and C-s.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 03 Jul 1994 19:32:14 +0000 |
parents | c78bae220849 |
children | 4217123670e2 |
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--- a/etc/TUTORIAL Sun Jul 03 19:06:03 1994 +0000 +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL Sun Jul 03 19:32:14 1994 +0000 @@ -441,6 +441,13 @@ This should print "Wrote .../TUTORIAL" at the bottom of the screen. On VMS it will print "Wrote ...[...]TUTORIAL." +NOTE: On some systems, typing C-x C-s will freeze the screen and you +will see no further output from Emacs. This indicates that an +operating system "feature" called "flow control" is intercepting the +C-s and not letting it get through to Emacs. To unfreeze the screen, +type C-q. Then see the section "Spontaneous Entry to Incremental +Search" in the Emacs manual for advice on dealing with this "feature". + To make a new file, just find it "as if" it already existed. Then start typing in the text. When you ask to "save" the file, Emacs will really create the file with the text that you have inserted. @@ -665,6 +672,13 @@ occurrence exists Emacs beeps and tells you that it is a failing search. C-g would also terminate the search. +NOTE: On some systems, typing C-s will freeze the screen and you will +see no further output from Emacs. This indicates that an operating +system "feature" called "flow control" is intercepting the C-s and not +letting it get through to Emacs. To unfreeze the screen, type C-q. +Then see the section "Spontaneous Entry to Incremental Search" in the +Emacs manual for advice on dealing with this "feature". + If you are in the middle of an incremental search and type <Rubout>, you'll notice that the last character in the search string is erased and the search backs up to the last place of the search. For