What Does Scroll Lock Do?

[jeffkong]

I don't know what it does!!!

 

Someone mentioned it as a joke to me, but now the question is driving me crazy!!

 

anyone know what it does?

[Agozer]

I think that when it's on and you view a text file that is larger than the screen, you can't scroll the text with the up down arrows

 

The original use was for DOS when a dir command listed directory contents ScrollLock would pause the feed.

I can't remember clearly anymore though.

Edited May 23, 2004 by Agozer

[Gryph]

It locks the scroll d00d!

 

It was used during the days of Dos to allow a person to use the arrow keys to scroll through massive pages like spreadsheets and stuff. It's basically useless now but you can still use it in Excel.

[Diso]

Its still funny to watch ppl go,

 

"HOLY CRAP! I PRESSED SCROLL LOCK! QUICK TURN IT OFF!!!!"

[Shibathedog]

ahh the humor of stupid people...

[famitsu_diablo]

Whatever, read this one :

 

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscrolllock.html

[Jiggs]

Cecil Adams is Jesus.

[Weirdy]

the scroll lock button is basically an ancient relic

[Agozer]

Cecil Adams is Jesus.

Amen to that.

[Weirdy]

 

In command-line environments such as DOS, the pipe symbol can add functionality to a DOS command. The way I most frequently use it is when doing a directory listing (DIR) on a large directory with hundreds of files. Say I type “DIR” at the command prompt like so:

 

C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR

 

... then the 22,000 files in that directory scroll past so fast I can't see their names. However, if I apply the pipe function at the command prompt like this:

 

C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR | more

[Agozer]

 

In command-line environments such as DOS, the pipe symbol can add functionality to a DOS command. The way I most frequently use it is when doing a directory listing (DIR) on a large directory with hundreds of files. Say I type “DIR” at the command prompt like so:

 

C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR

 

... then the 22,000 files in that directory scroll past so fast I can't see their names. However, if I apply the pipe function at the command prompt like this:

 

C:\Una\Lesbian Porn>DIR | more

Hahahaha....Well, one can get the same effect by using the DIR /p command.