Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (The Rasterman) [Sun, 11 Sep
2005 23:43:00 +0900]:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:09:51 +0300 Nir Tzachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> babbled:
> 
> > hi.
> > 
> > xkill does not recognizes enlightenment's root window as such.
> > Hence, it is easy to use xkill to kill enlightenment, just by
> > clicking on the background. 
> > is this a known issue??
> 
> since xkill calls XKillClient... there is nothing to be done. that
> literally kills off the client owning the window that xkill decides
> to use. the client is disconnected from x foricbly. think of it as
> "kill -9 process_id" - same thing. yes. e actually exist when you
> kill -9 it. :) same with xkill. ie - dont USE xkill unless u are very
> careful.

Does anyone know if there is a way to _generically_ know that a window
is a fake root window?

I'm thinking if there is a way that xkill could generically detect this
situation it would be a useful addition to that application upsteam
when it comes to any WM that provides a fake root. For example, when
xkill detects a fake root window it could prompt the user with a "The
window you requested to kill appears to be a root window, are you sure
you wish to continue?" before sending the death signal.

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(\o/) Chad 'v3rt1g0' Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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