[mythtv-users] How to KEEP mythtv running when user exits

[jason bright]

On 1/11/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:

> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've got mythtv starting up automatically upon boot (by running
> > mythfrontend in user mythtv's .xsession).  No problem there.
> >
> > But when my wife/kids exit from the top menu by mistake (one too many
> > exit button presses) they're left at the befuddling command prompt.
>
> You can have MythTV prompt you when you exit.
> "Are you sure you want to exit?"
> The default is NO and will send you back to the main menu.


I found the same annoyance --- it'd always hit the equivalent of ESC on my
remote a bunch of times to get to the main menu, hit it too many times and
get dumped to the "do you want to quit" screen.

THEN --- i discovered in the prefs there's an option for what key lets you
quit.  By default it's ESC -- a bit dangerous for my taste. I changed it to
<shift>-ESC and no more problems. Perfect. You can't do it unless you use
the keyboard.

If it was up to me i'd change the ESC quit default --- for most people
quitting myth is something you do so rarely, it shouldn't be so easy to do
it by accident.

j
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