OpenOffice query: shutdown

Kevin D. Clark kevin_d_clark at access-4-free.com
Tue Feb 15 23:10:01 EST 2005


Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:

> In all seriousness, while I would agree with you if you made the
> argument that  OO should responsibly handle signals and exit cleanly,
> I don't think it's a tenable position to argue that you should be able
> to depend on a clean exit when you essentially crash the program by
> forcibly disconnecting it from the X server to which it's connected...
> I know nothing about the code, but I can imagine that a program which
> is so large and complex might make for tricky proper handling of
> signals...

In all seriousness, I don't think that I am being unreasonable when I
expect a program to shut itself down cleanly.  When I write programs I
strive to make them do this.  I expect nothing less from an office
suite as nice as OO.

If anybody has any useful suggestions regarding how I can configure OO
to do what I asked for, I'd love to hear these.  OTOH, I simply am not
interested in advice which is grounded in the assumption that I should
have to do tedious work for the computer.

Regards,

--kevin
-- 
Computers are supposed to serve man, not vice versa ... the experience
of the last 40 years notwithstanding.
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