Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

[linda w]

I don't know, but can't you remap it rather than changing the default 
X-server behavior?  Certainly
seems like something that should be user-remapable for kiosk type 
installations....can't have just
everyone going around killing off your kiosk, ya know.

Jack Tanner wrote:

> Er, so Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kills the X-server (quite efficiently, and 
> with no confirmation). This is bad (for example, when 
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace happens to match an Emacs incantation).
>
> Since Xwin plays nicely with the system tray icon for exiting, is 
> there any reason to listen for Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? I can think of two 
> reasons -- compatibility with XFree86 convention across platforms, and 
> preserving keyboard accessibility. I'm not sure that either one is 
> very important here.
>
> The least disruptive fix is probably to make Ctrl-Alt-Backspace invoke 
> the same confirmation dialog that the system tray icon invokes.
>
> Thanks,
> JT
>
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