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Re: [trinity-devel] Removing ksmserver shutdown dialog

From: "E. Liddell" <ejlddll@...>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:37:08 -0500
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:31:26 +0200
Serghei Amelian <serghei@...> wrote:

> On Wednesday 15 February 2012 20:10:38 Calvin Morrison wrote:
> > On 15 February 2012 12:51, David C. Rankin
> > <drankinatty@...> wrote:

> > > I have found the selection rather well laid-out and useful. I dunno, I'm
> > > not that much of a start menu user. If I can rt-click and choose logout,
> > > I have no need to navigate to unhide the taskbar and menu at all. Are you
> > > sure that what you want can't be accomplished by setting the confirmation
> > > options in 'KDE Components/Session Manager -> General' ? (aside from the
> > > new kmenu entries..)
> >
> > yes those options aren't what I was looking to change.
> >
> >
> > I made a mockup with the menu editor (non functional, but shows the
> > idea) and I have attached a screen shot.
> >
> > In the shot the Icons are in an incorrect spot, they will replace the
> > logout spot
> 
> Instead a submenu, we can put these buttons under "Run command". For example, 
> I never use "Switch user" and "Lock session", for me "Suspend" would be much 
> more useful.

I have used "Switch user" on rare occasions (generally while testing to see whether the
reason something isn't working is a Real Bug or just my peculiar settings).  "Suspend",
on the other hand, is of little use on an always-on desktop.  So this is another one of
those "it depends" things.