[Xquartz-dev] Indestructible xterms

Jamie Kennea jamie at pompey.org
Mon Aug 31 06:52:59 PDT 2009


Hi,

Note that if I change the shell to bash (i.e. edit the script and  
replace tcsh with bash), the windows close. Odd!

Jamie

On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Jamie Kennea wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I'm reporting here a bug which I've just reported via radar  
> (#7183214):
>
> I have a series of scripts that create xterms which ssh to other  
> machines on my network, they have the following form:
>
> #! /bin/tcsh
>
> /usr/X11/bin/xterm -bg CornSilk -T my_computer -e ssh -Y  
> user at my_computer.local
>
> The issue which has arisen with Snow Leopard X11 (2.3.4 xorg- 
> server-1.4.2-apple45), is that these windows when created cannot be  
> closed by clicking the window close button (red circle).
>
> They can be closed by logging out, or using xkill.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jamie



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