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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #73536
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 73536

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In , maxauthority (stubenschrott) wrote :

(In reply to comment #4)
> > Should SIGTERM cause eAttemptQuit (prompting the user if there is unsaved
> > work/multiple tabs), or eForceQuit?
>
> That's a harder question and I think there is no rule for that. I tend to vote
> for eForceQuit since if the application gets a SIGTERM the user may not be in
> front of the application (or display) at all.

I also think eForceQuit is better, although it would be fine to have at least some SIGTERM handling at all. I often just start ./firefox from the commandline when developing my extension and ctrl-c it when done with the result of getting a "do you want to restore tabs" message at next start :(