Re: new gnome-session logout

["James M. Cape" <jcape jcinteractive com>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Owen" == Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> Owen> When you are automatically saving the sesssion, the session will
> Owen> be saved fairly frequently and at times that are opaque to the
> Owen> user. (IIRC, generally, the session is saved when a program is
> Owen> added or removed from the session.)
> 
> I thought that when a program started it was sent a local save.  It
> turns out that gsm uses this opportunity to write out the entire
> session.  Mea culpa, I wasn't aware of this change.  (Or maybe it was
> always this way and I just forgot.  Either way, duh.)
> 
> I've reverted the patch.
> 
> Trash mode defaults to true anyway.
> 
> I couldn't find code to save the session when a program exits.
> 
> What about introducing a new variable to set the toggle in trash mode?
> Then there wouldn't be any reason to ever turn trash mode off, would
> there?  (Assuming global saves without exit respected this new setting
> as well.)
> 
> This would be a nice thing for the new GUI initiative to resolve: how
> sessions should be handled by default, and the various cases.

Ok. Put together some ideas and send it off to the gnome-gui-list or me
personally, and I'll see what I can toss together.

> I keep meaning to write a short page on "why XSMP sucks".  I blame the
> protocol.
> 
> Tom

    Jim Cape
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