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These special characters may be active in either canonical or noncanonical
input mode, but their use is controlled by the flags IXON
and
IXOFF
(see Input Modes).
int VSTART | Macro |
This is the subscript for the START character in the special control
character array. termios.c_cc[VSTART] holds the
character itself.
The START character is used to support the The usual value for the START character is C-q. You may not be able to change this value--the hardware may insist on using C-q regardless of what you specify. |
int VSTOP | Macro |
This is the subscript for the STOP character in the special control
character array. termios.c_cc[VSTOP] holds the character
itself.
The STOP character is used to support the The usual value for the STOP character is C-s. You may not be able to change this value--the hardware may insist on using C-s regardless of what you specify. |