My vote is a "No" (actually a Yo) After having read this bug, I understand that ctrl+alt+backspace might be a problem for emacs users.
however, I'm using vim, and there is no such problem. And I don't want to learn another combination just due to the emacs users. And then there might be another application that uses the x-y-z-foo-bar key combo now used to zap the x server. I think the way to go is to have an optional config option "ZAP-combo" that can overwrite the default ctrl+alt+backspace sequence. Then, any emacs user can change it to what (s)he does like. I did actually ZAP the X server "accidentally", but that in that case, "accidentally" means I wanted to zap it, and after wards, figured out it actually was a bad idea ... changing the key-combo won't help there. just my € 0.02 Tom Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 02:41 +0000 schrieb Jason Spiro: > Problem: Many[1] users have killed X by accident.[2] > > Solution idea: Make it harder to kill X by accident. E.g. you could > change the key sequence users must press. > * Maybe require Control+Alt+Backspace then Control-Alt-Y.[3] > * Or require Control+K+X pressed simultaneously. > > What do you think? Should Xorg change this key sequence? Please vote > "yes" or "no". You can add comments too. If you reply only to me by > private mail, I will eventually summarize your reply to the list. > > Regards, > -Jason > > ^ [1]. See http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510 then > scroll down to the "== Example evidence ==" section. Or see > http://www.google.com/search?q=accidentally+hit+%7C+press+%7C+hitting+%7C+pressing+control+%7C+ctrl+alt+backspace+x%7Cxorg > > ^ [2]. I filed a bug about this last year but it's still untriaged. > So now I'm asking here. It's bug 10510 (Xorg should use a more > unlikely key combination than Control-Alt-Backspace as the server zap > key): http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510 > > ^ [3]. After Control+Alt+Backspace, the PC speaker would beep once, > the keyboard LEDs would blink a few times, and X > would attempt to show a warning dialog. Thanks to Elisée Maurer at > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510#c1 for the > warning-dialog idea. > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg -- Thomas Ilnseher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
