Re: some comments on gmc

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

George wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 08:52:37AM +0000, James M. Cape wrote:
> > No, if there is only one window, and desktop icons are disabled, then
> > close and exit should exit the app. If there is only one window, and
> > desktop icons are enabled, then close and exit should only close the one
> > window. If there are multiple windows, and desktop icons are disabled,
> > then close should close the current window, and exit should exit the
> > app. If there are multiple windows, and desktop icons are enabled, then
> > close should close the current window, and exit should close all the
> > windows (but leave Gmc running to keep the icons there).
> 
> gmc will serve as a corba server to apps that need it ... as such it
> should be running all the time
> 
> at least that's the impression I get ... you should not care about
> which process is which ... if you want to close the windows ... you
> "Close" the windows
> 
> George

I care because I don't want useless processes running in the background,
wasting my resources. I don't use desktop icons, and I never will. I've
never run into any programs that use Gmc (except Gmc). If the above two
statements are true, then why should I keep Gmc running, except to waste
resources?

    Jim Cape
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