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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: cleaning up from exit
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Date: 5 Mar 90 20:05:15 GMT
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> With regards to the the "cleaning up before exit" problem
> recently discussed on xpert, I would like to propose the
> following addition to the Xt Intrinsics:

> XtAddCleanUpProc(routine, client_data)
> XtRemoveCleanUpProc(routine, client_data)

> These would add or remove a routine from a list of routines
> to be called when the application exits.

> To exit an application, the programmer would call:

> XtExit(value)

> which would call all of the clean up procedures and then
> call exit(value).

This is a good idea.  I will bring this before the internal Xt Consortium
working group for discussion.  

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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