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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [FEATURE REQUEST]: KDE 2.0 (kdebase/kwm)
From:       Richard Brunner <richard.brunner () vol ! at>
Date:       1999-07-31 12:00:42
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Rob Kaper wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 01:39:45PM +0200, Richard Brunner wrote:
> > 1) In my opinion it would be very useful, becaus now, if netscape has crashed
> > (that happend some times a day :-( ), I have to open a terminal, type ps x |
> > grep netscape and then kill -9 PID
> >
> > 2) The big part of the users (me included) don't know Ctrl-Alt-Esc.
>
> You could also do Alt-F2 and then killall -9 netscape
>
> Alt-F2 is a great feature for such things. And killall is a great advantage
> over having to look up a PID. Just don't use it as root on a multi-user
> system where more people run netscape. ;-)
>

You're right, that's easier, but:
1) a beginner has never heard of kill, killall, ...
2) simply to click with the right button is faster than "alt-F2" # "killall -9
netscape" :-)

richard

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