On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:26:22 -0700
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >
> >   I have a habit of leaving apps in other spaces when I hit 'exit'.
> >   A couple of these apps don't seem to close properly when the wm
> >   exits.  (Do they receive SIGTERM or some other sig?)
> 
> when the wm itself exits the apps are left alone.  It is the X server exiting 
> which causes applications to close.  Otherwise "restart into window manager 
> BLAH" would not work.
> 
> >   Another possibility is returning a code from the epilogue,
> >   issuing a message if it is non-zero, and not exiting.
> 
> I have chatted with other users about this.  The code to implement this is not 
> too bad and I think there are valid reasons for "do you really want to 
> exit?".  Whether this will be a generic "run this app and check the return 
> code" or a builtin for the wm is not clear yet.
> 
> >   This sound cranky?
> >
> 
> not at all.  Definately heard worse (-:
> 
> 

   Well, the code to call the epilogue script/program is functional,
   but what I really want, I guess, is to send a deleteAtom to the windows
   whose occupants don't respond well to SIGTERM.


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*   Dave Serls                                 Littleton, CO, USA      *
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