Re: Feature for sysrq.

Gerald Britton (gbritton@nih.gov)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:47:33 -0400 (EDT)

> > It is there already. Look at the kbd docs and the SpawnConsole
> > (a.k.a. KbdRequest) keysym.
> > I use it mainly to get a fresh console running login or bash
> > each time I press Alt-UpArrow, but there exists a dynamic-console
> > package that does more general things with this keypress.
>
> Yes, I know, but it would be useful to have an ability to launch
> more than one program...

a while ago i wrote a little daemon to watch for spawnconsole... it would
then open a new VC with a menu of programs and let the user select one.
If the user didn't select one within 10sec the console would vanish
returning the user to the original VC. It worked fairly nicely, though i
stopped working on it as i got a new monitor and was able to use X
effectively :) ... i'd be happy to mail my source (assuming i can still
find it) to anyone interested in persuing it further.

-- 
Gerald Britton
gbritton@nih.gov