# Alacritty - flow control (turn off) **URL:** \ **Category:** Applications\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199 "2020-07-28T14:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/1 "2020-07-28T14:47:09Z")
I use ctrl+s & ctrl+q to save and quit in vim (muscle memory!!). Cannot get it to work, same configs as used in Manjaro. Tried stty -ixon and stty -ixoff but baffled, can’t get it to work. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Resiliencia](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/resiliencia/32/75522_2.png) [@Resiliencia](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Resiliencia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/2 "2020-07-28T16:04:48Z")
I don’t use vim, but I found this and maybe it can help: Press the Escape key. The cursor will go to the bottom (the command area) Press the key sequence: q Or you can also press: q! to exit the editor without saving changes Press the Enter key First we press Esc to place ourselves in the lower buffer in normal mode, and: : q → exits the file, if we have no changes without saving it just exits. : q! → exits the file discarding unsaved changes. : w → saves changes to the file, but does not exit Vim to continue editing the file. : wq → save changes and exit Vim. : x → same as the previous one. ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/3 "2020-07-28T16:20:50Z")
Maybe I am misunderstanding something, or maybe @xircon wasn’t clear in his post, but I think the issue is that he has set in his `.vimrc` to use Ctrl+S to save and Ctrl+Q to quit, but these keyboard shortcuts are in conflict with Alacritty terminal emulator which uses them for pausing and resuming flow. I’ve never used Alacritty so I don’t know how to configure it. ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/4 "2020-07-28T16:25:08Z")
What @Kresimir said, I use ctrl+s to save (or course :w works) and ctrl+q (ditto :q). See: > **[Map Ctrl-S to save current or new files](https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Map_Ctrl-S_to_save_current_or_new_files)** > > I wanted to have a single key stroke that would save existing files, or call the file browser. Here's a key map for Ctrl-S to accomplish that (place in vimrc file): " If the current buffer has never been saved, it will have no name, " call the file... This worked fine on Manjaro (I am the guy that says bububut…) 🤣 ```auto " Ctrl+S to save: :nmap :w :nmap :qa :imap :qa :nmap / <---------- Works!!!!!! :imap :wa ``` What actually happens is ctrl+s freezes, ctrl+q reverts = flow control ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/5 "2020-07-28T16:28:33Z")
Have you tried the other way around? I mean to change / get rid of Alacritty flow control shortcuts somewhere in it’s settings (maybe you don’t even use this functionality like me) 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/6 "2020-07-28T16:30:44Z")
I’d start by looking at Alacritty config file on Manjaro, since that’s not a problem there. I haven’t yet felt the need to use flow control in a terminal emulator. ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/7 "2020-07-28T16:31:31Z")
Yes, set stty -ixon, which should turn it off, it doesn’t. If I use Konsole and turn off in settings it works. Alacritty is just a plain yaml and copied straight from Manjaro where it worked - there should be no differences. ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/8 "2020-07-28T16:34:51Z")
There must be some reason why Alacritty is ignoring that config file. Is is the same version of Alacritty? According to [Arch wiki:](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Alacritty#Configuration) > _Alacritty_ searches for a configuration file at the following places in this order: > > - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml` > - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml` > - `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml` > - `$HOME/.alacritty.yml` > > Copy the example configuration file at `/usr/share/doc/alacritty/example/alacritty.yml` to one of those places and uncomment the settings you want to change. Most settings take effect as soon as you save the file. Perhaps one config file is overriding another one. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/9 "2020-07-28T16:35:35Z")
> > > I've run into issues trying to replicate one feature from my urxvt setup: > \> Exi…ting Vi mode using a Caps Lock (which is mapped to Escape in my WM). > > I have remapped Caps Lock to Escape in my Sway configuration as follows: > \`\`\` > input type:keyboard { > repeat\_delay 170 > repeat\_rate 50 > xkb\_layout se > xkb\_variant nodeadkeys > xkb\_options caps:escape > } > \`\`\` > > Ideally, Alacritty would interpret me pressing Caps Lock as Escape, but that does not seem to be the case. See the following logs for when I press Escape and Caps Lock respectively: > \`\`\` > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.128491248\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: KeyboardInput { device\_id: DeviceId(Wayland(DeviceId)), input: KeyboardInput { scancode: 1, state: Pressed, virtual\_keycode: Some(Escape), modifiers: (empty) }, is\_synthetic: false } } > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.128552545\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: ReceivedCharacter('\\u{1b}') } > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.128583303\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.128605774\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132201788\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19725, tv\_nsec: 833281035 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132278168\] \[INFO\] glutin event: UserEvent(TerminalEvent(MouseCursorDirty)) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132304845\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132326329\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132354807\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19725, tv\_nsec: 833434613 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132383836\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.132404486\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.133327616\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19725, tv\_nsec: 834406656 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.133434858\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.133464832\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.199927517\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19725, tv\_nsec: 901006707 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.199996190\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: KeyboardInput { device\_id: DeviceId(Wayland(DeviceId)), input: KeyboardInput { scancode: 1, state: Released, virtual\_keycode: Some(Escape), modifiers: (empty) }, is\_synthetic: false } } > \`\`\` > > \`\`\` > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.759940225\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: KeyboardInput { device\_id: DeviceId(Wayland(DeviceId)), input: KeyboardInput { scancode: 58, state: Pressed, virtual\_keycode: None, modifiers: (empty) }, is\_synthetic: false } } > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.759952949\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: ReceivedCharacter('\\u{1b}') } > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.759969059\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.759974669\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760806763\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19726, tv\_nsec: 461886603 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760821291\] \[INFO\] glutin event: UserEvent(TerminalEvent(MouseCursorDirty)) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760826908\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760831148\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760836742\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19726, tv\_nsec: 461916660 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760842430\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.760846586\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.761155090\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19726, tv\_nsec: 462234813 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.761193836\] \[INFO\] glutin event: MainEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.761199867\] \[INFO\] glutin event: RedrawEventsCleared > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.831873727\] \[INFO\] glutin event: NewEvents(WaitCancelled { start: Instant { tv\_sec: 19726, tv\_nsec: 532953034 }, requested\_resume: None }) > \[2020-07-19 18:02:49.831919488\] \[INFO\] glutin event: WindowEvent { window\_id: WindowId(Wayland(WindowId(94529468199840))), event: KeyboardInput { device\_id: DeviceId(Wayland(DeviceId)), input: KeyboardInput { scancode: 58, state: Released, virtual\_keycode: None, modifiers: (empty) }, is\_synthetic: false } } > \`\`\` > > The behavior is the same for both my laptop keyboard and an external USB keyboard. > > A less ideal work-around would be to map Caps Lock to \`ToggleViMode\` directly, but I can't seem to be able to map Caps Lock at all. > > Apart from this issue, Alacritty is working great for me so thanks all the good work done! > > \### System > > OS: Linux > Version: alacritty 0.5.0-dev (f0cb1e7c) > Linux/BSD: Wayland, Sway > > \### Logs > > Crashes: N/A > Font/Terminal size: N/A > Keyboard and bindings: See above. There’s that also, seems there are problems with remapping recently ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/10 "2020-07-28T16:36:16Z")
Nope it is definitely readiing ~/.config/alacritty, because if I change the transparency in that file, it changes it real time in alacritty. I have been using alacritty for years as well (at least 5!!!). ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/11 "2020-07-28T16:40:25Z")
This works!!! ```auto tmux new-session -s test "stty -ixon; vim" ``` Going to try to set it in an env.sh file, BRB. ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/12 "2020-07-28T18:03:33Z")
The solution: ```auto # .zprofile stty -ixon ``` Read before .zshrc and works. Thats 3-4 hours of my life I wont get back 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/13 "2020-07-28T18:46:39Z")
btw, sine you’re long time user - can you share some benefits of using Alacritty? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/xircon/32/9124_2.png) [@xircon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/xircon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/alacritty-flow-control-turn-off/6199/14 "2020-07-28T19:03:44Z")
Quick, light and I can change to transparency on the fly with two scripts wot I wrote. Just got used to it when using bspwm, other terminals are just as good.