xfce4-session question

[Biju Chacko]

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:21:50 +0800, David O'Shaughnessy wrote:

> Just tried out the xfce4 session manager, it's great not having to start up
> the same applications all the time. However I'm wondering how apps are shut
> down when you quit X with them still running. Is it the equivalent of letting
> them crash? Or do they close gracefully somehow? Thanks,

If they are session-aware, they will close gracefully and save state. If they
aren't I *think* they just get a QUIT or TERM signal. Benny would know better.

Bottom line: only session-aware apps are guaranteed to do the right thing.

-- b

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