Vim is Stuck!

This post lists Control-q which may un-stuck Vim. It also lists some history about the problem.

Try Control + q

If this worked, you pressed Control + s in a terminal emulator like GNOME Terminal.

In a terminal Control + s stops terminal output. Control + q restarts it.

References

• Steve Oualline lists this on p156 of Vi IMproved-Vim ISBN: 0-7357-1001-5 available from Amazon at link.

• This link from unix.stackexchange.com also provides the answer and gives _a_ history about it.

• The VAXstation 100 pic is a screen capture from link

More Info

• Terminals from Wikipedia @ link

• According to this Wikipedia article the GNOME Terminal emulates the xterm terminal emulator

• According to this Wikipedia article the xterm terminal emulator emulates the VAXStation 100 (VS100)

• The VAXstation 100 USER'S GUIDE is here