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by llasram 3437 days ago
Worth it just for finding out about `stty -ixon`. I never would have guessed from the `stty` man page description that this option would give me back C-s and C-q to bind to something actually useful.
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It is described perfectly, but it does presume the reader knows the meaning of "XON/XOFF flow control".

Whether the reader knows that meaning immediately is a rather good proxy for just how long they have been working and/or playing with computers. Long ago, in a world of RS-232 connected display terminals and/or analog telephone modems, one became very familiar with "XON/XOFF flow control".