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@@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ recall using the up and down arrow keys or
and
.BR Ctrl-N .
+.IP \fBCtrl-Z\fI
+Suspends
+.IR pw ,
+and indeed the entire surrounding process group, to the background
+to gain shell access. This requires a job control shell.
+When
+.IR pw
+is foregrounded again, it will refresh the display in a new text area below the
+cursor, avoiding overwriting anything in the terminal. Thus suspending and then
+immediately foregrounding provides a way to save a snapshot of the window into
+the terminal sessions history.
+
.SH COLON COMMANDS
First, some general remarks. Display refresh doesn't pause during the editing
@@ -365,8 +377,6 @@ The intervals and number of lines cannot be dynamically adjusted.
There is no support for unwrapping long lines, which would be useful for
copy and paste.
-Ctrl-Z suspend is missing.
-
During the
.B :!
command's execution, the TTY settings are not restored.