[erlang-questions] erlang 21

[Dmytro Lytovchenko]

I would say there is a clear usability flaw here. The shell should be smart
enough to distinguish which command was typed (^G, ^C or q() or exit() or
init:stop() or halt()) and whether there is a remote shell active. What it
would do is to ask user what is his intent or somehow confirm that remote
shell is active and REMOTE VM will now quit.

If the shell isn't that smart, there's a great improvement waiting to
happen.

2018-07-07 12:59 GMT+02:00 <zxq9@REDACTED>:

> A quick anecdote...
>
> I and a lot of people on my team used to habitually halt() to exit.
>
> Then one day someone abruptly shut down a remote node they were connected
> to because, well, they had that habit.
>
> ^G is a safer habit to form and reminds you where you are at when you hit
> it, whether connected to a remote node from a local erl shell (want 'q'),
> or via SSH (want 'exit()').
>
> -Craig
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