Re: [dwm] Reloading running dwm - reload patch

On 3/22/07, dfenze_AT_gmail.com <dfenze_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On (22/03/07 09:06), Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > To: dynamic window manager <dwm_AT_suckless.org>
> > From: "Anselm R. Garbe" <arg_AT_suckless.org>
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 09:03:06AM +0100, Oliver Heins wrote:
> > > Christian Garbs <mitch_AT_cgarbs.de> writes:
> > >
> > > > The while true; do dwm; done loop won't work for me because I use a X
> > > > logon manager (wdm) and with no way to break out of the loop I can't
> > > > get back to the login screen (except from manually killing the X
> > > > server), so the internal dwm reload is great.
> > >
> > > Just curious: what's wrong with ctrl-alt-backspace to quit dwm?
> >
> > Exactly. That should work for any setup using an endless loop.
> >
>
> Yes, it will work, but apps you are running in that X also exits. And
> that is all about.

I think arg meant that in that setup one can:
a) exit dwm the normal way to keep looping, and
b) use ctrl-alt-backspace to break out of said loop...

Greetz, Sander.
Received on Thu Mar 22 2007 - 14:09:23 UTC