[SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

[Mason Wheeler]

Hoo boy. Things always get muddled when people bring up words like "freedom" in the context of software development.  My take on this is, creative freedom is nice, but it *definitely* needs to be restricted, because the most important freedom of all is the right of the computer's owner to have the computer do what he or she intends for it to do.  If you legitimize the practice of taking absolute control of the computer out of its owner's hands, even in games, you make it that much easier for truly scary stuff like TC to get its foot in the door.

----- Original Message ----
From: Tim Goya <tuxdev103 at gmail.com>
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce) <sdl at lists.libsdl.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:07:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

>Darwinia uses ALT-TAB by design to switch between "programs" and other
>conventions because the game simulates a fictional OS.  SDL should not
>restrict that kind of creative freedom.
>
>Tim