Re: About the WM discussion

[Elliot Lee <sopwith cuc edu>]

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Nathan Carl Summers wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, George wrote:
> 
> > also I don't see a decor hint for a close button ... this would help in
> > certain situations where closing the window might leave the app hanging
> > or in some strange state ...
> 
> Closing a window should never leave a well-written app in an inconsistant
> state.

And in any case, it is the application that handles the delete_event
caused by the close button, so it can decide for itself.

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