[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] new SDL keyboard shortcuts to start and stop VM

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 23.10.2009 13:23, schrieb Mulyadi Santosa:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> 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