Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!paperboy!yee From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Can mwm be terminated from appl? Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 90 18:02:28 GMT References: <9010121535.AA03346@gtsn17.> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 21 In-reply-to: caerws@gtsn17.UUCP's message of 12 Oct 90 15:35:50 GMT In article <9010121535.AA03346@gtsn17.> caerws@gtsn17.UUCP (R. William Steer) writes: | We want to terminate mwm, and thus the window system, from our application | program. The Motif programmers guide says that the f.quit_mwm function is | only available in the root context. Does this mean that we can't quit | the window system from our application? Thanks for any information. | If you want to kill Mwm from an application your application must know or find the PID of the Mwm process. If you have to kill Mmw from another application, do not use "kill -9". Mwm needs to be able to catch the kill signal and cleanup before exiting. | Bill Steer | Westinghouse =Mike -- = Michael K. Yee -- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee -- = OSF/Motif Senior SW Engineer = "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ