At 2017-08-02T08:27+0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: > If I get you right, you start xfig (and optionally edit and save) and > then exit it via File->Exit. Instead of terminating, the xfig root > window stays open as some kind of zombie. Did I get this right?
Yes, that's right. (But not every time) > Can you see via > ps -C xfig -lf > which state (second column) your xfig process(es) have when it behaves > like a zombie. The xfig process itself terminates. Only the window is left behind. Some further experimentation shows that the zombie window disappears as soon any X client is started. Actually, maybe this is a bug in Xorg in stretch... Yes: this looks very similar to #855206. Sorry for blaming xfig! -- Tim Bagot
