[ale] sloppy coding in breath tester

[adam]

David A. De Graaf wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 03:48:24PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>> justin caratzas wrote:
>>> vi vs. emacs, or the like.....
>>>  
>>> emacs is better
>> vi rules.
>>
>> Okay, now you've done it..
>>
> 
> There's more than just a flame war.
> 
> We're now about to lose the CTL-ALT-BS key for exiting X in the
> forthcoming Fedora 11.  Why, you may ask?
> 
> One reason offered is that sloppy typing combined with a poor emacs
> user interface can cause accidental termination of the X server.
> What ever happened to the concept that *nix users know what they're
> doing and get exactly what they ask for?
> 
> I, for one, greatly resent and deplore the removal of this essential
> key stroke.
> 
> There's a workaround - just one more to add to the long list to make
> a new Fedora system work "properly".
> 

That CTL+ALT+BS functionality is already gone from Ubuntu 9.04.

Agreed, it's a pile of CTL+ALT+BS***

Adam