[interfacekit] Re: Shutdown Process

Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > But anyway, I tested the shutdown process on R5, and have a few
> > comments:
> > - <test>shutdown does not return
> Is it supposed to? It uses BRoster::Shutdown() which I implemented 
> only to 
> return when an application or the user cancelled the shutdown or an 
> error 
> occurred. I actually don't see that much point in returning 
> immediately, 
> for 1) you won't know when the shutdown fails, and 2) it is undefined 
> how 
> long the process will continue to live after requesting the shutdown.

I didn't have a good reason for returning, but stippi came up with one, 
if you have a look at his solution for the Deskbar - returning isn't 
that bad either, although you could solve this via an additional 
parameter async = false.

> > - the window is always just centered on screen, and doesn't 
> > remember
> > its last position (possibly an acceptable regression, though) :-)
> Oh, the position of the shutdown window is stored?! Bummer! :-)

Hehe :-)

BTW I think the confirmation window could have the default button on 
"Shutdown" - it hardly happens that you accidently select shutdown in 
the Deskbar anyway, the chance that you also accidently press return 
afterwards should be considerably lower :-)

Bye,
   Axel.

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