Doesn't xorg hold some keybindings?  I thought Ctrl+Alt+Backspace worked to
kill X in full screen apps, I'm sure I've used it in games.

One thing we really do need is a way to easily make new keybindings.  The
existing gnome keyboard shortcuts GUI is fine, but it doesn't allow you to
add them.  What we need to be able to do is specify a keybinding and a
command, short of going a mucking about in gconf.  In my opinion as a
keyboard junky (and as somebody who has worked extensively with visually
impaired computer users), not being able to easily add keyboard shortcuts to
gnome is quite a problem.

Anyway, if we had that functionality, people could assign whatever they want
to whatever they want, they could have a keybinding for xkill.

On Feb 10, 2008 4:01 AM, Evan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> It is only a keybinding, so as long as people can change it, then the
> default doesn't matter all that much. The only problem with the concept at
> the moment is that people will expect it to work during full-screen apps
> like Ctrl-Alt-Delete does in windows. It doesn't at the moment because SDL
> and openGL apps grab the entire keyboard. This is kind of X.orgs fault for
> not providing a way to force-hold certain key-combos regardless of who has
> the keyboard (this would also solve a lot of problems with media keys not
> working in full-screen apps).
>
> A lot of people will use this to kill crashed apps, but it won't work in
> fullscreen. Is there any way to resolve this problem short of asking the
> X.org devs to rewrite their keyboard handling?
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