Re: 2 questions regarding a perl daemon with a GTK interface

[Dermot Musgrove <dermot glade perl connectfree co uk>]

gfricke hushmail com wrote:
> Problem 2 - How can I bind the window manager's destroy button "X" at 
> the top right corner of the window to my exit function?  My exit 
> button currently displays an exit dialog window before exiting the
> application, and I would like the same dialog when the user clicks on 
> the "X" at the top of the window.
>    I tried using the delete_event signal handler with a call to my exit
> function, however, this method resulted in destroying the main window 
> and then spawning my exit dialog window.
Hi, I reckon that delete_event should do what you want. If you want to
stop the delete happening, return 1 to tell Gtk that you have handled
the signal and to stop there. Otherwise (return undef) allows the
signal to drop through and actually delete the form.

HTH, Dermot