Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > Also, if there are any vim users reading this what does ^x ^s do? I > > sometimes accidentally type this when I mean to save a file (bad habit > > from using ae), and this seems to lock up vim pretty hard. > > ^S generally is a command to stopp sending . . . try ^Q if this freezes > things. > > rick >
FWIW. ^S and ^Q are used on the tty for XON/XOFF processing. For those who mentioned that they are often hitting ^S by accident, you can disable ^S/^Q with the command 'stty -ixon'. -- Ed C.