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Bug 409681 - ctrl-b keypress in 2012 livedvd pops up unwanted bacon image instead of going backwards
Summary: ctrl-b keypress in 2012 livedvd pops up unwanted bacon image instead of going...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LiveCD/DVD/USB (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Team Anniversary
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Reported: 2012-03-25 19:05 UTC by Bill "vaxbrat" Sharer
Modified: 2016-07-04 03:18 UTC (History)
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complements of the gentoo forum thread on this bug (file_409681.txt,25 bytes, text/plain)
2012-03-25 19:05 UTC, Bill "vaxbrat" Sharer
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Description Bill "vaxbrat" Sharer 2012-03-25 19:05:19 UTC
Created attachment 306635 [details]
complements of the gentoo forum thread on this bug

The 2012 livedvd (at least for amd64) has an unwanted easter egg that pops up whenever ctrl-b is pressed anywhere on the desktop.  Being a lifetime emacs user, I suspect a member of the release team is either a lifetime vi user out trolling or a member of al-qaida.  May I suggest that this easter egg be moved to a multi-keystroke combination so that it is less likely to interfere with normal workflow?  Maybe put it on esc-q-! instead?

Forum discussion is on this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-917736-highlight-.html
Comment 1 Fernando (likewhoa) 2012-03-25 21:44:31 UTC
Will think about this one, thanks for reporting.
Comment 2 Kent Fredric (IRC: kent\n) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-04 04:38:40 UTC
This is an incredibly annoying "feature" and I request its immediate removal.

Also, whoever added this "feature" also added a global shortcut that makes the following image appear: http://i.imgur.com/ovL3d.png 

It appears to be configured via KDE under Keyboard Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts -> Preset Actions

And stored under what appears to be intentionally deceptive names :

"PrintSpool" is the name for the one that displays Bacon,
and "SysQueue" is the name for the one that shows the above image. 


Command URL's are set to:  python ~/.config/likewhoa/bacon.py  and ~/.config/likewhoa/ee.py respectively. 

Instead of arguing rationale for removing these, I'd counter with requesting what rationale was proposed for their inclusion, as these serve no practical purpose, and are actively annoying ( not to mention difficult to discover and difficult to remove ) . ( trying to type ^V^G in a shell is impossible, as the kde shortcut intercepts it ... )
Comment 3 Fernando (likewhoa) 2016-07-04 03:18:11 UTC
This easter egg was removed in latest iso.