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Bug 131617 - Keyboard shortcut to xkill in "Keyboard Shortcuts"
Keyboard shortcut to xkill in "Keyboard Shortcuts"
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on: 442625
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-01-15 22:57 UTC by Robert H. Cobb XX
Modified: 2020-11-07 12:35 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement



Description Robert H. Cobb XX 2004-01-15 22:57:32 UTC
Description of Problem: 
 
In the Keyboard Shortcuts control center module, 
there is no option for a shortcut to XKill. This 
is particularly important because many times 
programs freeze up and I have to access xkill via 
the command line. KDE uses <ctrl><alt><esc> to 
activate this feature. Perhaps a similar feature 
could be implemented in GNOME. I guess the 
greater issue with GNOME is that I can't make 
shortcuts to any program. The best solution would 
be to allow user defined keyboard shortcuts for 
user defined programs. This is currently not an 
option in GNOME. 
 
Steps to reproduce the problem: 
1. Just go to the control center module and check 
it out. 
 
Actual Results: 
XKill only accessible through the command line or 
"Run Application..." or a launcher. 
 
Expected Results: 
XKill keyboard shortcut, like <ctrl><alt><esc> 
 
How often does this happen?  
 
Lots of programs freeze and the GNOME "Not 
responding" dialog box doesn't show up. 
 
Additional Information: 
 
N/A
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2006-09-22 14:10:25 UTC
This should use the gnome-panel's interface, rather than xkill.
it's in gnome-panel/gnome-panel/panel-force-quit.[ch]
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2008-03-28 15:46:13 UTC
Moving to metacity, as it's the one implementing the "Run dialogue" binding already.
Comment 3 Christopher Roy Bratusek 2008-04-20 13:55:54 UTC
>> Keyboard shortcut to xkill in "Keyboard Shortcuts"

Why don't you just use one of the 15 self-definable keybindings MCity provides? Then you get your Keybinding without having to modify MCity.
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2008-04-21 09:19:35 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> >> Keyboard shortcut to xkill in "Keyboard Shortcuts"
> 
> Why don't you just use one of the 15 self-definable keybindings MCity provides?
> Then you get your Keybinding without having to modify MCity.

Because it can't call the function we need it to in the panel.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2020-11-07 12:35:45 UTC
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