Useful linux tip

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, I always wonderd what that key's use was.  What is the purpose of
the print screen and pause key in linux?On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Tyler Spivey
wrote:

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> Hello. I'm not sure if this is useful to anyone, but I wanted to throw
> it out just in case.
> The scroll lock, under Linux at least, can be used for its intended
> purpose - to freeze the screen. If scroll lock is on, anything written
> to your terminal will be suspended. When you turn it back off again, any
> newly written text will start to be written. In a shell at least, you
> can press control-s and control-q to get the same affect, most of the
> time, unless another program has redefined them. Useful on remote
> systems.
> - - Tyler
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