"xfce4-panel -x" ends session when xfce4-session is not in use

[Mads Michelsen]

I know I'm being a prima donna here :) It's not that big an issue in itself
- as I said, just as much trying to learn and understand.

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Mads Michelsen <chochem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the replies, guys.
>
> Alexander: Thanks - that actually makes a lot of sense. I've studied the
> script and I take it that it's that '$panel' line that is where it's at as
> long as we don't exit it. When I do, it supposedly skips the while loop
> (because the panel's exit status is 0 when exited by 'xfce4-panel -x'?) and
> gets down to:
>
> if test $kill_sshagent -eq 1; then
>     eval `$sshagent -k`
> fi
>
> which I can see would make it quit by killing off the ssh-agent. Correct?
>
> So do I simply comment out the ssh-agent bit? (as well as the xsetroot
> which would then be superfluous?) Or maybe I should know why those lines are
> in there in the first place? Because whoever wrote them supposed that if the
> panel went missing (and wasn't restarted) it would be a sign of a crash? Or
> because it does have some important function in the absence of the session
> manager? I'm not sure I understand Erik's point about the role of the
> panel/session manager :(
>
> Rick: Autohide doesn't really do what I want. A) It defaults to hiding,
> wher I want the panel to be visible by default, and B) you have to use the
> mouse to make it visible.
>
> Alexander (re fullscreen): I know but it's not quite the same - it only
> applies to one app, so that when I switch workspace, it's still on. I only
> really use the panel for viewing work spaces in the pager and when I know
> where everything is, it's sort of superfluous.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Alexander Toresson <
> alexander.toresson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Richard (Rick) Seay
> > <lists.seay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Mads Michelsen <chochem at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >  > Since you can't hide the panels, ...
> > >
> > >  Have you tried the Panel Manager -> Autohide check box?  It works for
> > me.
> >
> > Another option might be making the app fullscreen, through the app
> > itself or by pressing alt-f11.
> >
> > // Alexader
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