[cnvogel]

If you frequently hit Ctrl-S by accident, and don't consider this a feature, you can turn off XON/XOFF flow control using

   $ stty -ixon -ixoff

then Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q will be normal characters without side-effects in your terminal, you'll probably just see (depending on shell, terminal, ...) ^S on your screen when you hit it.

To turn it on again, use

   $ stty ixon ixoff

[voltagex_]

I feel like I should have learned this years ago.