[Kde-games-devel] KDE Games Report from Akademy 2008

[Richard Hartmann]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:22, Ian Wadham <ianw2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> The traditional use of Esc in games, with the meaning "Escape", has been
> to pause the game and/or go to the main menu (where you can quit if you
> want to).  Either way, it means "take a break".  It is a good key to use
> because it is easy to locate in a hurry and is not too close to other keys
> that might be used in controlling the game.

Depends. Some smaller desktop diversions, not the full-blown games,
use ESC to quit. But yes, most games use ESC as pause button.


Richard