Re: [MiNT] Ctrl+Alt+Q deactivated

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:56:01 , "Jo Even Skarstein" <joska@online.no> wrote:
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> From: "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:14 AM
> To: <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
> Cc: <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] Ctrl+Alt+Q deactivated
>
> >> when SDMASTER isn't set, or when create_process fails.
> >
> > Only when it's not set, else emit an alert.
>
> Yes, good point. If SDMASTER points to a non-existing app, the user must be
> notified.
>
> > Try with ALERT(string); (no guarantee).
> >
> >> Btw. is there an easy way to display an alert from within XaAES? I think
> >> it
> >> would be useful to display an alert before shutdown or exiting all apps
> >> (Ctrl+Alt+A) to prevent accidental use of these shortcuts.
> >
> > I tried to do this for the normal shutdown, but it never worked reliably.
> >
> > Look for ask_before_shotdown or similar.
>
> Thanks, I will look into this.
>
> Jo Even
>
>
>
Some great ideas here guys, thanks.

Peter