Re^5: How to intercept ctrl-S/ctrl-Q characters from STDIN

^S worked on c/pm, ms/dos, os/2 95/98/ME/NT/XP et al.

The first system I used where it worked was RSTS/E.

One thing from RSTS/E that I've wished for on many systems since was ^T, which produced a one-line process status for the current program detailing memory & cpu usage. It was incredibly useful as a quick check that the program was still progressing. Back then, a compile that today would complete in the blink of your eye, could take tens of minutes before it produced any output at all. It also wasn't unheard of for compilers and interpreters to just disappear up their own tail-pipes and just stop doing anything.

Of course. These days we have graphical process status tools graphing memory, cpu, threads, files, handles, ports, and dog knows what else, but that single key quick check was just sooo useful.

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