Re: [PATCH] exit function

[Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar freenet de>]

Am Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:15:25 +0900 (JST)
schrieb Teika Kazura <teika lavabit com>:

> Hi.
> 
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:27:41 +0100, Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote:
> > Am Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:40:45 +0900 (JST)
> > schrieb Teika Kazura <teika lavabit com>:
> > 
> >> * Command group is 'exit sawfish'?
> 
> Sorry, I wanted to say (defgroup exit "Exit Sawfish" :group misc).

Nope. It uses "External Applications" from sawfish.wm.commands.launcher

As you also define external commands here.

> 
> >> * Func & command 'exit' is so confusing with 'quit'. But what'll be
> >>   good? 
> > [...] I think that exit is good, because:
> > 
> > quit = close an application (see "Quit/Close Application" term)
> > exit = close the session (see "Exit Session" term)
> 
> Who can distinguish the function (quit) which kills sawfish from
> (exit)?  (If 'quit' had been named 'raw-quit', then there were no
> problem, but we can *never* rename this core function. ;)
> 
> > exit-session is not optimal, as it may also be:
> > exit-session-and-suspend or exit-session-and-reboot and so on, so we
> > need something that is valid for all 5 cases exit may be used for.
> 
> But I insist that exit-session will be better than bare 'exit' by the
> above reason. (I'm not sure for the word "session". I don't know
> exactly how the word "session" is used inside the current Sawfish, and
> the common meaning outside of Sawfish, either. Of course it's better
> than my "exit-wrapper".)

[] exit
[] safe-quit
[] exit-session

> Regards,
> Teika (Teika kazura)
>