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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 17:29:58
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Ok, let me make this clear.  I know how to kill a task.   I can
do "ps ax | grep -i kdeinit".

I meant "how would a user -- not a geek -- kill a dead task that is cluttering
up their screen, and perhaps preventing them from (say) using Konqueror"/

John Gluck wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I just do a ps -ef and look for the process I want to kill. Admittedly if you have
> a half dozen terminals open it's hard to figure out which is which.
> 
> I used enlightenment for a while and it had a nuke this darn thing type of menu
> entry. I think it was in a taskbar icon kind of thing. I found it handy.
> 
> If something like this is done for KDE I would suggest that it be hidden enough so
> it's not easy to hit it by accident and certainly have a confirmation message
> window popup. Users would get pretty ticked if they accidently hit the app nuke
> button and lost a lot of work.
> 
> John
> 
> Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> 
> > Ok, it happens once in a while.  A task dies, leaving a dead
> > window on the screen.
> >
> > How am I supposed to kill it with KDE?
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > What would be the "right way" to do this?
> >
> > An extension to the KDE menu?
> >         Configure
> >         To Desktop
> >         ----
> >         Force program shutdown
> >         Close window
> >
> > A task manager?
> >
> > One of those error-prone "skull & cross bones" things to kill the next window?
> >
> > How do we communicate that this is a "last resort", not the usual way a user
> > should stop a program?
> >
> > And should "kill task" be available to Kiosk type users?
> >
> >                 -Bryce
> >
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