From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N0C9q-0002mk-LN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:41:38 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N0C9l-0002jt-JP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:41:37 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47654 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N0C9l-0002jj-As for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:41:33 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:42086) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N0C9k-0002tr-SG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:41:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4ADD9388.8040206@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:40:08 +0200 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] new SDL keyboard shortcuts to start and stop VM References: <4ADCE635.4060604@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4ADCE635.4060604@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Mulyadi Santosa , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am 20.10.2009 00:20, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > Mulyadi Santosa wrote: >> IMO, it would be faster if we provide keyboard shortcuts that will >> stop and resume VM execution right from SDL guest interface, rather >> than switching to console monitor first and type "s" or "c" >> respectively. >> > > Is this really common of an operation that you would need an escape key > for it? > > Why are you so frequently stopping and continuing a guest? Why are you all trying to explain to him that actually he doesn't want to have this feature? I could have used it, too, at times (stop the guest to have enough time to attach gdb, for example). There are other ways to do it (although they are not as simple) and I used them, but that doesn't make this feature less useful. Does it take anything away for you? Or do you have plans to use those keys otherwise? If not, why not add a feature that some might find useful, even though others don't? Kevin