On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Filip Spacek wrote: > > > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Andreas Beck wrote: > > > > > Bottom line: > > > > Yes, it should be possible for an application to save its screen contents > > on switchaway. However I do not recommend to try to outsmart the application > > and do that behind its back. Tell the app that it should save its stuff, > > if it wants to keep it and be done with it. If app doesn't listen, > > app gets put to sleep and may wake up with a destroyed graphics output. > > Not that I needed much convincing, but now more than ever I'm convinced > that the above is the way to go.
I have the feeling that laziness is the main reason for such convincing... :) C'mon, guys, it's not about "outsmarting" applications, other OS's can do it pretty well. Fabio Alemagna
