Re: [wmii] Strange output when closing x

Andrej Gelenberg wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Pontus Andersson wrote:
>> Maybe a bit exaggerated example for this, but is there
>> any reason not to turn off your computer by pressing the power button
>> instead of shutdown -h now? Or using kill -9 $(pidof
>> <insert_your_favourite_app_here>) to close an application?
>
> 'kill -9' is not very gut idea, if program must do enithing bevor it be
> closed.

Yeah, that's where I was going... You don't use kill -9 or hit the power
button (unless you have too) when you want close an application or shut
down your computer. You usually want your application and computer to
quit gracefully, right?

/Pontus
Received on Wed Feb 27 2008 - 01:16:00 UTC