Re: FVWM: close behaviour in fvwm

From: Shao Zhang <shao_at_cia.com.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:34:47 +1000

Hi,
        Thanks for the reply.

        I fork them to background immediately after start up.

        shao:/home/shao$ licq &
        [1] 8950

        But typing exit in xterm won't kill licq. I will try your
        suggestions.

Cheers,

Shao.

Dominik Vogt [dominik.vogt_at_fvwm.org] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 12:26:37PM +1000, shao_at_cia.com.au wrote:
> > I have bound my F10 key to close the window using the following:
> >
> > Key F10 A N Close
> >
> > But after starting one of the icq programs, such as licq or
> > gnomeicu, then press F10 to close the xterm, it will kill the
> > icq programs as well.
> >
> > I have also noticed that, it does not happen with other
> > programs, such as running another xterm.
> >
> > Is this a icq problem or fvwm2 problem? I am sure this did not
> > happen in fvwm1 days....
>
> How do you start your icq programs? Directly from your xterm?
> With nohup? In the background? Unless configured otherwise your
> shell will send a sighup to all its children in the background
> when it's terminated. You can configure your shell to exit
> without doing this.
>
> Bye
>
> Dominik ^_^
>
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> Dominik Vogt, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Dept. BVS
> Herrenberger Str.130, 71034 Boeblingen, Germany
> phone: 07031/14-4596, fax: 07031/14-3883, dominik_vogt_at_hp.com
>

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