Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggestion - trap window-close of VM

[Mark Williamson]

> Alternatively, how do people deal with the problem of naive users who
> might just close the Qemu window without shutting down the guest
> properly? I'm working in a KDE environment -- perhaps there is a way
> in KDE to prevent the close button from appearing? But that wouldn't
> catch every case either (for instance, if the user were to shut down
> the host).

Doesn't X allow a handler to be called for events like window closing?  You 
could use this to pop up a "You've asked to close this VM.  Kill, save or 
cancel?" message and allow the user to choose the appropriate option.

$0.02,
Mark