Re: [RP] dot bash_logout

[Dieter Van Eessen]

Hello Mike,

Thanks for the reply, removing 'exec' from the dotfiles indeed solved the problem.

I had used these because nearly every 'HOWTO' on the web used exec (which is a really lame excuse...).

Again realizing I'm lacking far behind...

Sorry to waste your time, I should have read the man pages.

kind regards,

Dieter

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Mike Fabre <address@hidden> wrote:

On January 6, 2015 12:49:05 AM AEDT, Dieter Van Eessen <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just joined the list. Got a question regarding the shutdown of
> ratpoison
> and xserver.
> At the moment I'm working with debian 8 and I 'startx' in .profile
> after
> which I configure keyboard, visuals and start ratpoison in .xinitrc.
>
> Quitting ratpoison results in shutdown of xserver (last client has
> finished) and a log out of the system. All behavior in the last
> sentence is
> default.
>  if [ -z "$DISPLAY"] && [ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]; then
>      exec startx
>  fi
> Been using this for a while and I'm happy with it :)
>
> Now I've considered starting an emacs-daemon when I login (personal
> preference) in .profile and I would like to shut it down when logging
> out.
> I've added emacsclient -e '(kill-emacs)' to .bash_logout to shut it
> down.
> This command seems to work fine when I log in and exit in another tty
> (eg.
> tty2).
>
> But when I log in on a tty which automatically starts an X-server, the
> commands in .bash_logout doesn't seem to have any effect when the
> shutdown
> of the X-server forces you to log out.

Sounds to me like the emacsclient command should go on your  .xinitrc file after the ratpoison call so that when ratpoison finishes it kills emacs from inside the X session. This will not affect your other ttys though, only your X sessions.

> Thus the following questions:
> -Why does :quit ting ratpoison shut down the X-server? Most likely
> answer
> is because ratpoison is it's last client... but I'm not sure. It would
> be
> usefull to remain on console where the configs provided by xmodmap
> (and
> xrdb) are still available.

X shuts down when the .xinitrc call returns, so once everything on that file (probably just ratpoison) is finished the X server shuts down.

> -Why shutting down the X-server result in logging off? Xserver is
> 'just a
> program' started when logging in, why don't I return to the tty
> console
> where I am logged in?

Because you used exec for the startx call, which replaces the currently logged in shell with just the startx command.

> -After x-server shuts down, it forces the log out somehow. Why doesn't
> this
> logout take the commands in .bash_logout? After all, you are logging
> out of
> a login-shell.

Because bash stopped running (without logging out) when you ran exec, explained better above.

> That's about it...
> I'd prefer NOT to tweak things with the ratpoison 'quit'-hook: The
> emacs-server has got nothing to do with my window manager so I'd like
> to
> keep their configurations (startup, stop,...) separated.
> (If I wasn't so depending on conkeror web browser to view pdf's and
> websites, I'd only need the xserver for it's xmodmap...)


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gtz,
Dieter VE