xterm-class programs should exit when their primary child process

[sgt/putty] / unix / pterm.c

diff --git a/unix/pterm.c b/unix/pterm.c
index d258f9e..e6ffee3 100644 (file)
--- a/unix/pterm.c
+++ b/unix/pterm.c
@@ -710,6 +710,19 @@ gint motion_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventMotion *event, gpointer data)
 gint timer_func(gpointer data)
 {
     /* struct gui_data *inst = (struct gui_data *)data; */
+    extern int pty_child_is_dead();  /* declared in pty.c */
+
+    if (pty_child_is_dead()) {
+       /*
+        * The primary child process died. We could keep the
+        * terminal open for remaining subprocesses to output to,
+        * but conventional wisdom seems to feel that that's the
+        * Wrong Thing for an xterm-alike, so we bail out now. This
+        * would be easy enough to change or make configurable if
+        * necessary.
+        */
+       exit(0);
+    }
 
     term_update();
     return TRUE;