[Bug 80635] Re: Please disable flow-control by default

[B Bobo]

Sorry you took it so personally. I think you mis-read my comment. My
comment as written was for trolls who complain about flow-control
without actually understanding it. It was not directed at you, as I
assumed you are somebody who understands flow-control. Flow-control is
an oft-misunderstood topic. When it came up at Linux World not so long
ago, Linus Torvalds closed the consensus discussion as basically there
is no point fixing something that isn't broken and anyway the correct
place for per-user preferences is at application level. He's right. If
it bothers you, it's trivial to fix your application preferences.

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Title:
  Please disable flow-control by default

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  New
Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “bash” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: coreutils

  Not sure if this is the right package, but I think flow-control
  (XON/XOFF - ctrl-s/ctrl-q) should be disabled by default. It's easy to
  hit ctrl-s instead of for example ctrl-a (in screen), and wonder why
  your shell isn't responding anymore. I doubt many people use it
  anyway, and those who do can enable it.

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