using quit(), exit(), ETC. says "The program is still running, do you want to kill it?"

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While making an HTML help tool in Python, I wanted to exit the program smoothly, like clicking the X button on Google Chrome. But, I encountered an issue. It asks me if I want to kill the program, instead of doing it automatically.

I tried using quit(), exit() and sys.exit(). All do the same thing. How can I get the program to exit smoothly?

took a look at the other answers on stack overflow? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38028151/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-the-program-is-still-running-are-you-sure-you-want-to e.g. maybe this makes it clear to you. quit and exit are not to use. and with sys.exit() the message only appears in the idle I guess — Matthias Burger, Sep 04 '17 at 15:03
print("Sorry, I didn't catch that..") print("-----YOU HAVE NO TOKENS LEFT-----") print("SHUTTING DOWN...") time.sleep(2) quit() — EgMusic, Sep 04 '17 at 15:46

Stam Kaly · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-05T10:45:55.990

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As it was suggested in the comments, your problem should only be noticed inside Python's IDLE, but should run just fine when executed inside a terminal. However, this code should also kill your program in IDLE:

import os, signal
from time import sleep

print("I will sleep for 3 secs and shut down!")
sleep(3)

os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTERM)

This sends a signal to your application to terminate.

Or alternatively you could call os' _exit function. From the docs:

Exit the process with status n, without calling cleanup handlers, flushing stdio buffers, etc.

edited Sep 05 '17 at 10:45

answered Sep 04 '17 at 16:19

Stam Kaly

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It worked! Although on the version I am using, there is no module named "sleep", I had to use `import time` and the command I had to use was `time.sleep(3)` – EgMusic Sep 04 '17 at 16:39
Thanks for the help! – EgMusic Sep 04 '17 at 16:39
if it worked, accept the answer by clicking the gray tick placed right below the arrow pointing down next to my answer. – Stam Kaly Sep 04 '17 at 16:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '22 at 12:12

I know it's late but I took a different way. It might be a dirty way of doing it. I don't like the accepted answer because you have to hardcode those lines in every script. I just comment out the lines, so that the dialog never shows on screen.

You can find the file /usr/lib/python3.9/idlelib/pyshell.py aprx: line 1007

def close(self):
    "Extend EditorWindow.close()"
    #if self.executing:
        #response = messagebox.askokcancel(
            #"Kill?",
            #"Your program is still running!\n Do you want to kill it?",
            #default="ok",
            #parent=self.text)
        #if response is False:
            #return "cancel"
    self.stop_readline()
    self.canceled = True
    self.closing = True
    return EditorWindow.close(self)

That way it will never ask you this silly question "Your program is still running!\n Do you want to kill it?"

using quit(), exit(), ETC. says "The program is still running, do you want to kill it?"

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