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1 During emulation, if you are using a character backend multiplexer
2 (which is the default if you are using ``-nographic``) then several
3 commands are available via an escape sequence. These key sequences all
4 start with an escape character, which is Ctrl-a by default, but can be
5 changed with ``-echr``. The list below assumes you're using the default.
6 
7 Ctrl-a h
8    Print this help
9 
10 Ctrl-a x
11    Exit emulator
12 
13 Ctrl-a s
14    Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
15 
16 Ctrl-a t
17    Toggle console timestamps
18 
19 Ctrl-a b
20    Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
21 
22 Ctrl-a c
23    Rotate between the frontends connected to the multiplexer (usually
24    this switches between the monitor and the console)
25 
26 Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
27    Send the escape character to the frontend
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