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

[Cameron Simpson]

On 12Jun2009 00:11, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 11, 2009, at 23:15, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> The window manager doesn't know about active connections.
>
> At this time, I don't intend to build this functionality into the server 
> itself.

Ah. I had taken this to be in the server. Forget I said anything then...
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

Churchill's Commentary on Man: Man will occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.