[SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

Mason Wheeler masonwheeler at yahoo.com
Fri May 2 06:00:44 PDT 2008


It's left for the developer to implement as a graceful shutdown command, because there's no way
for the OS do to it for the program. It's reserved and should not be used for anything else, because
to do so violates the computer owner's rights.

Your right to be "creative" and to "do what you want" ENDS where your users' right to control their
own computer begins.  It's that simple.

----- Original Message ----
From: Graham Houston <graham.houston at rushpark.co.uk>
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce) <sdl at lists.libsdl.org>
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 5:46:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

>and is left to the developer to implement! it should not be default, I've
>>ALT+F4 mapped to other uses in a few games I've developed and this is the point  
>of SDL you can do what you like. If ALT+F4 was to do what is intended by the OS  
>then I'd have all sorts of problems having to undo it.
>
>You said yourself apples and oranges...



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