Override SHIFT + Backspace

[Matthias Hopf]

On Jul 14, 06 09:28:41 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> >On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:29:20 +1000 Daniel Kasak 
> >>I've killed my X session probably 10 times today by accidentally hitting
> >>SHIFT + Backspace. I've been typing lots of stuff in capitals, and for
> >>some reason I can't bring myself to let go of the shift key before
> >>hitting backspace if I make a mistake. I've been swearing loudly
> >>afterwards, but alas this doesn't bring my work back :) Is there some
> >>way to override this key combo?
> >
> >ummm the key combo to kill x is ctrl+alt+backspace... 
> 
> If you are using Xgl, the Shift+Backspace death is a common problem.

... and fixed for a long time now.
I assume you are using standard packages (Ubuntu or Gentoo) - maybe they
updated their packages in the meantime. Otherwise use the git version.

Matthias

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