Re: LYNX-DEV Control-Z and SIGSTOP mysteries

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Mon, 19 May 1997, Foteos Macrides wrote:

>       You can try turning on TRACE before the ^Z.  The TRACE messages
> use fprintf's to stderr, not screen management via curses or slang
> (intentionally), and might include information which helps.  The
> suspend, itself, has failed, or Lynx wouldn't be responding to your
> keyboard input, but the additional question is why isn't it a clean
> failure.  Since you're using fotemods with the Trace Log output as
> the default, after the ^Z press ';'.  If that's not displayed either,
> 'q'uit and look at ~/Lynx.trace directly.

Not very helpful.  It doesn't provide any trace output from the suspend.
Procedure:

1. Start Lynx
2. ^T,^Z
3. fg
4. Q

Output:

                Lynx Trace Log


Turning off TRACE for fetch of log.
Turning TRACE back on.

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