Re: [dwm] Preventing xterm from closing by killclient()

From: Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:05:03 +0200

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 04:57:29PM +0200, Martin Sander wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:26:04PM +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > Though, I would propose to set c->iskillable to True during
> > killclient() to allow getting rid of unresponsive clients which
> > cannot be killed straight away.
>
> I have to admit I don't understand what you mean. Anyway, I can always
> use xkill to get rid of unresponsive clients, if thats what you mean.

Yes but there are two cornercases at least:
xkill(1) might not be available, and fork() might be not
available anymore -- depending how destructive X clients you are
running. Of course Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is available.

Kind regards,

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Received on Fri Apr 11 2008 - 17:05:03 UTC

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