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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How should tasks be killed with KDE?
From:       Viktor Rosenfeld <rosenfel () informatik ! hu-berlin ! de>
Date:       2001-10-23 16:14:03
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Bryce Nesbitt wrote:

> 	Force program shutdown
> 	Close window

The problem is, that this breaks the "desktop window" != "unix process"
which the style guide is so keen to enforce.  There is no way to only
close one window of an application that misbehaves, so a kill will
destroy all windows of the application.

Then, OTOH, because no window of the process will be usable, this isn't
really a big deal.  It becomes a big deal, when the user choses the
"Force program shutdown" option just to close a window/application which
is behaving just fine and then loses all his other documents.

So, if a new "Force program shutdown" entry is placed in the menu, then
it should at least open up a confirmation dialog with the obligatory
"Don't fucking ask me again" mechanism.  (BTW, I think this text should
be user-configurable, too.  :)

Cheers,
Viktor
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Viktor Rosenfeld
WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/

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