On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 11:00 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:36:47AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 06:44 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > > > > > xorg-ctrl-alt-backspace > > > ----------------------- > > > We've had bunches of requests for users to turn off this shortcut key, > > > however it's quite useful to developers. A compromise has been to > > > require holding it down for a short period of time (and/or hitting in > > > quick succession). We're tentatively planning on trying this out, > > > although I'm not 100% how to best implement it. I assume this wouldn't > > > be of interest for Debian; let me know otherwise. > > > > Why not just make Option "DontZap" enabled by default? > > That was the original proposal in fact. However, a lot of people > (particularly every developer I've talked to) do rely on this shortcut > key for getting out of X, like when it locks up.
Well, 'no reaction to ctrl-alt-backspace' is a pretty important part of the definition of 'lockup'. :) > They felt rather strongly that it would be seen as a major regression > to flip it on by default. Surely it's a piece of cake for those people to disable the option. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
