Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> writes: > It doesn't work, presumably for the same reason that Ctrl-C doesn't work. > The xterm's pty's input buffer is full, and it simply ignores all keyboard > input from that point forward. > > (Are people not actually *testing* these things before proposing them?)
I didn't test it for the reason I stated. I think it would be better for OP to test it as he won't do any more damage than he has already done. I have come across occasions where ctrl-c doesn't work but ctrl-z does however.