Fwd: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.

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>> From: [hidden email]
>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:42:47 AM PDT
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
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>> From: Ian Piumarta <[hidden email]>
>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:50:53 AM PDT
>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-
>> [hidden email]>
>> Cc: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion <vm-
>> [hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>
>>
>> This patch disables the title bar quit button (iff your window  
>> manager participates in the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol) and causes  
>> an event of type 6 to be sent to the image (in response to which  
>> it should pop open the 'save changes before quit' dialogue -- an  
>> SEP).
>>
>> If (1) several people report that this adequately addresses the  
>> issue and (2) nobody else has claimed event type 6, then I'll  
>> commit the changes and move the event type definition into sq.h  
>> next to the others.
>>
>>
>> <quit.diff.gz>
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>
> How is this different than sending an event type 5 (window event)
> with a subtype of 2 (WindowEventClose)
>
> Well unless the idea is that you can close the main squeak window and
> squeak will keep running.
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote:
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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: [hidden email]
>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:42:47 AM PDT
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
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>>> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has
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>>>
>>> From: Ian Piumarta <[hidden email]>
>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:50:53 AM PDT
>>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>>> <[hidden email]>
>>> Cc: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion
>>> <[hidden email]>
>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>
>>>
>>> This patch disables the title bar quit button (iff your window
>>> manager participates in the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol) and causes an
>>> event of type 6 to be sent to the image (in response to which it
>>> should pop open the 'save changes before quit' dialogue -- an SEP).
>>>
>>> If (1) several people report that this adequately addresses the issue
>>> and (2) nobody else has claimed event type 6, then I'll commit the
>>> changes and move the event type definition into sq.h next to the others.
>>>
>>>
>>> <quit.diff.gz>
>>
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> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>
> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
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> Yeah, it should use a window event with the close window subtype  
> unless there is something about X that I don't know (is this  
> possibly a post-close event, e.g., the window manager destroyed the  
> window already?)
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
> John M McIntosh wrote:
>> How is this different than sending an event type 5 (window event)
>> with a subtype of 2 (WindowEventClose)
>> Well unless the idea is that you can close the main squeak window  
>> and squeak will keep running.
>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: [hidden email]
>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:42:47 AM PDT
>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>
>>>> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your  
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>>>> been automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are
>>>> being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at
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>>>>
>>>> From: Ian Piumarta <[hidden email]>
>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:50:53 AM PDT
>>>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-
>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>> Cc: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion <vm-
>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This patch disables the title bar quit button (iff your window  
>>>> manager participates in the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol) and  
>>>> causes an event of type 6 to be sent to the image (in response  
>>>> to which it should pop open the 'save changes before quit'  
>>>> dialogue -- an SEP).
>>>>
>>>> If (1) several people report that this adequately addresses the  
>>>> issue and (2) nobody else has claimed event type 6, then I'll  
>>>> commit the changes and move the event type definition into sq.h  
>>>> next to the others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <quit.diff.gz>
>>>
>> --
>> =====================================================================
>> ======
>> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>
>> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://
>> www.smalltalkconsulting.com
>> =====================================================================
>> ======

>
> - Bert -
>
> On Aug 29, 2007, at 10:03 , Andreas Raab wrote:
>
>> Yeah, it should use a window event with the close window subtype
>> unless there is something about X that I don't know (is this possibly
>> a post-close event, e.g., the window manager destroyed the window
>> already?)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   - Andreas
>>
>> John M McIntosh wrote:
>>> How is this different than sending an event type 5 (window event)
>>> with a subtype of 2 (WindowEventClose)
>>> Well unless the idea is that you can close the main squeak window and
>>> squeak will keep running.
>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> From: [hidden email]
>>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:42:47 AM PDT
>>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has
>>>>> been automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are
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>>>>>
>>>>> From: Ian Piumarta <[hidden email]>
>>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:50:53 AM PDT
>>>>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>>>>> <[hidden email]>
>>>>> Cc: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion
>>>>> <[hidden email]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch disables the title bar quit button (iff your window
>>>>> manager participates in the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol) and causes
>>>>> an event of type 6 to be sent to the image (in response to which it
>>>>> should pop open the 'save changes before quit' dialogue -- an SEP).
>>>>>
>>>>> If (1) several people report that this adequately addresses the
>>>>> issue and (2) nobody else has claimed event type 6, then I'll
>>>>> commit the changes and move the event type definition into sq.h
>>>>> next to the others.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <quit.diff.gz>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> ===========================================================================
>>>
>>> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>
>>> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
>>> ===========================================================================
>>>
>
>

> Yeah, it should use a window event with the close window subtype  
> unless there is something about X that I don't know (is this  
> possibly a post-close event, e.g., the window manager destroyed the  
> window already?)
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
> John M McIntosh wrote:
>> How is this different than sending an event type 5 (window event)
>> with a subtype of 2 (WindowEventClose)
>> Well unless the idea is that you can close the main squeak window  
>> and squeak will keep running.
>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Ian Piumarta wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: [hidden email]
>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:42:47 AM PDT
>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>
>>>> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your  
>>>> message has
>>>> been automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are
>>>> being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Ian Piumarta <[hidden email]>
>>>> Date: August 29, 2007 7:50:53 AM PDT
>>>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-
>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>> Cc: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion <vm-
>>>> [hidden email]>
>>>> Subject: Re: Linux desktop manager Close Window is dangerous.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This patch disables the title bar quit button (iff your window  
>>>> manager participates in the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol) and  
>>>> causes an event of type 6 to be sent to the image (in response  
>>>> to which it should pop open the 'save changes before quit'  
>>>> dialogue -- an SEP).
>>>>
>>>> If (1) several people report that this adequately addresses the  
>>>> issue and (2) nobody else has claimed event type 6, then I'll  
>>>> commit the changes and move the event type definition into sq.h  
>>>> next to the others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <quit.diff.gz>
>>>
>> --
>> =====================================================================
>> ======
>> John M. McIntosh <[hidden email]>
>> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://
>> www.smalltalkconsulting.com
>> =====================================================================
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