Re: Ubuntu X feature work for Intrepid
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.
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