hi :) On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:21:44PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Control-alt-delete is Kill, and I never really understood why Windows > overloaded it to include Log Off, Task Manager etc. in windows, ctrl-alt-del is not kill but a special key that cannot be caught by user applications. it always invokes trusted system code, which is important when locking the display, changing the password, or logging in (which is why windows even asks for c-a-d for the login screen) so i really like such a trusted-code-key, it's sad nobody implemented it for linux yet. PS: strange feeling having to defend windows... ;) -- CU, / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany Martin Waitz // [Tali on IRCnet] [tali.home.pages.de] _________ ______________/// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /// dies ist eine manuell generierte mail, sie beinhaltet // tippfehler und ist auch ohne grossbuchstaben gueltig. / - Wer bereit ist, grundlegende Freiheiten aufzugeben, um sich kurzfristige Sicherheit zu verschaffen, der hat weder Freiheit noch Sicherheit verdient. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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