Re: [hatari-devel] Error dialog needs cold reset button

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Sat, 7 Mar 2015 23:11:58 +0200
schrieb Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
> 
> On lauantai 07 maaliskuu 2015, David Savinkoff wrote:
> > If the emulation cannot be reset, then the user must be
> > given the option to kill hatari on the spot. I was in
> > full-screen mode and had to log in to the desktop
> > from a separate terminal. Someone else may have
> > decided to Power Cycle their PC to regain control.
> 
> Good point, I didn't think of fullscreen. [1]
> 
> The reason for having OK button is that somebody may want to debug
> the reason why code got such a problem.
> 
> As to Reset button, should it be Warm or Cold reset or should there
> be buttons for both?
> 
> And is Exit button needed if there is/are reset button(s)?
> 
> Current dialog boxes support only OK & Cancel.  Before writing code
> for new reset form, I need info on which buttons are needed and about
> reset safety (from Nicolas).

I think this should be solved in a different fashion: The dialog
already says "CPU halted", but in fact it does not halt the CPU.
When the CPU would have really been stopped, there would be no further
exceptions - and the user could decide whether to bring up the main GUI
or to reset the emulator via shortcut or to quit directly or to enter
the debugger.

Nicolas, what do you think?

 Thomas