From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1IbM-0003lK-7Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1IbG-0003jL-QP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:35 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40818 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N1IbE-0003j7-Ob for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:12770) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1IbD-00086k-Lw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:28 -0400 Message-ID: <4AE1974E.5010303@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:45:18 +0200 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5d6222a80910210924j62505b7dtf298754ce65f1c99@mail.gmail.com> <20091021183503.GA27677@shareable.org> <20091022124036.5df991f3@doriath> <4AE07D06.4080205@codemonkey.ws> <20091022143833.51c48260@doriath> <4AE0A535.3000607@codemonkey.ws> <4AE15DFD.6050203@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] new SDL keyboard shortcuts to start and stop VM List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Mulyadi Santosa Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am 23.10.2009 13:23, schrieb Mulyadi Santosa: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Kevin Wolf wrote: >> I really hate this "You don't need this, I know it better" attitude. If >> it were only for the technical arguments, okay - I can understand that >> you don't want to add another magic key, and yes, doing it dynamically >> comes with some complexity. But all this talking about "non-existent >> problems" makes me think that you don't... really care about what users >> want if they are the wrong users (yes, I admit, this one is useful more >> likely for developers and plain qemu users than for those running their >> servers in KVM - but they are still users, right?) > > OK, everybody, please calm down.... please remember that this thread > started from my simple patch that wants to implement something that I > personally feel useful. > > So, from both pros and cons side, I try to read and study your arguments. > > Meanwhile, I have another idea. I admit I never redirect Qemu monitor > to certain char device. perhaps, if I could simply write a HOWTO on > how to use this feature to implement simple monitor shortcuts, then it > will be acceptable solution. > > I imagine the steps would be: > 1. redirect monitor to a certain char device > 2. make a script that send commands to this device > 3. bind new KDE or GNOME shortcuts to call this script. Well, the whole point of a keyboard shortcut was for me to make things easier. Having to pass -monitor with the right magic file, writing a script and assigning a global (!) shortcut isn't exactly what I would call easier. I can keep using the monitor manually on TCP then. Kevin