Re: [dev] [wmii] Prevent losing of windows on crash/hang

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Rob <robpilling_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> while true; do
>>        exec wmii
>>        xmessage 'Restart the Window Manager?' \
>>                 -buttons 'Yes:1,No:0' -center \
>>                 -default 'Yes' -timeout 30    \
>>        && break
>> done
>>
> You're using exec, once that line is reached, bash replaces itself with wmii.
> Just use "wmii" instead, or even:

Correct.

> wmii || xmessage "Restart..."
> that way (assuming wmii returns 0 on successful exit) when you mean to
> exit, it's all fine.

I recommend showing the xmessage in all cases (not just for non-zero
exit status) because sometimes you might accidentally exit wmii when
you did not really intend to (thinking about something + your brain on
auto-pilot + your fingers acting with muscle memory).
Received on Sun Oct 17 2010 - 21:11:21 CEST