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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How should tasks be killed with KDE?
From:       Bryce Nesbitt <bryce () obviously ! com>
Date:       2001-10-23 16:34:50
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Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> 
> 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.

I don't think I've ever seen just one window misbehave.  It's allways one
unix process that dies...


> 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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