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- From: fish@csc.liv.ac.uk (S.E. Morris)
- Subject: Re: How to close WB screen and KEEP it closed ?
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- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 11:43:52 GMT
- References: <4f24o7$2pt@ngriffin.itc.gu.edu.au>
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- In article <4f24o7$2pt@ngriffin.itc.gu.edu.au>,
- aissande@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (George Sanderson) writes:
- >
- >I use a public screen for my shell windows and other stuff.. i wrote a
- >little hack which closes the workbench screen, since nothing ever is on
- >it until i actually load the workbench. However, stuff like CED or almost
- >anything else that opens its own screen ALSO opens the workbench screen
- >either at the start or end of the program. It is EXTREMELY annoying.
- >Does anybody know why this is happening, and more importantly, does
- >anybody know how to stop this from happening ?
- >
- >
- Probably badly written apps which open the WB screen when they close
- regardless of whether it was open or not when it started.
-
- You could try patching the open Workbench function, replacing it
- with your own dummy function. Not an ideal solution - but it should
- work.
-
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