Re: [Qemu-devel] [Fwd: Re: keyboard shortcut suggestion]

[Antony T Curtis <antony.t.curtis@ntlworld.com>]

On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 00:51, malc wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> >
> > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > With the latest changes to the output of serial and the QEMU console, you'll
> > > need to use CTRL SHIFT and depends on what you wish, F1, F2, and F3..
> > >
> > > That cause problems with stuff like:
> > >
> > > * Changing keyboard languages in Windows as a guest (pressing CTRL SHIFT in
> > > Windows with support for Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, Thai makes the whole line/s
> > > "ident" to the right or left, depends which combination you pressed)
> > > * Hebrew/Arabic/Farsi/Thai support in QT based apps (RTL extension)..
> > >
> > > So, I suggest to change the keys to CTRL ALT and 1,2,3 etc (since CTRL ALT
> > > F1-F3 is being taken by the VT's)..
> > >
> > > Fabrice, comments?
> >
> > This is a good idea. Do you also want CTRL-ALT-F for full screen and
> > another key to switch the grab state ?
> 
> UAE(if im not mistaken, after all i stole the idea from there) uses
> F12+hotkey for those, one can go as far as use PrintScreen/Pause or some
> other weird and underused key for a combo.

How about Ctrl-SysRq ?

IBM designated that keystroke for getting the attention of the System...
Unfortunately, Microsoft decided they knew better and went with
Ctrl-Alt-Del.

Can anyone think of anything which actually uses Ctrl-SysRq?

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Antony T Curtis <antony.t.curtis@ntlworld.com>