Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:42:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FvwmWinList Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971116234049.9641N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.971116115415.gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Greg Pavelcak wrote: > I use fvwm and activate the WinList module on startup from the .fvwmrc. > Yesterday I changed the second mouse button click from iconify to > close, but I have seen people talk about "exiting gracefully" and I > started to wonder if it is generally preferable to exit applications > using the quit/exit command provided rather than by closing the window > containing the application. > > Is there any difference? It depends on how the program is implemented. If it's like any good X app, then the close window command will be mapped to the exit/quit command so both will do any cleanup before exiting. Some don't follow this. If you're unsure, then used the provided quit command. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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