[Xquartz-dev] auto-quit (was Re: 2.4.0-beta2)

[Cameron Simpson]

On 11Jun2009 17:02, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2009, at 15:57, Simone Karin Lehmann wrote:
>> I just got a bug report about this issue from a user, who couldn't  
>> launch GIMP any longer since he had enabled auto-shutdown. Disabling  
>> auto-shutdown solved it.
>
> Yeah, that would be the effect... perhaps I can add a timer for this... 
> so if it's still at 0 after a few seconds...

What about counting active X11 connections instead of windows?
An app with a splash screen should survive ok with that.

No good for "ssh -Y", but it at least seems less fragile.

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