From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17036: Continuation for Emacs: invoking a process on exit? Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:18:34 +0200 Message-ID: <83lhw36eit.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874n2v9l10.fsf@igel.home> <8361na9lom.fsf@gnu.org> <83r45x8re9.fsf@gnu.org> <83txas7ol8.fsf@gnu.org> <8361n86l8i.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395397444 29112 80.91.229.3 (21 Mar 2014 10:24:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:24:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, 17036@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 21 11:24:12 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwcW-0001rz-1W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:24:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51827 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwcV-0006ZL-IH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:24:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55909) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwXb-0007SO-Ja for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:19:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwXX-0001Vp-0R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:19:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwXW-0001Vj-Sv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwXW-00027q-9b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17036 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17036-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17036.13953971048089 (code B ref 17036); Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17036) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Mar 2014 10:18:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42967 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwWt-00026M-Lm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:18:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:44969) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WQwWq-000264-Hw for 17036@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:18:22 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N2S00L0073M1M00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 17036@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:18:18 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N2S00KZE7AIQ180@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:18:18 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:87093 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:09:10 +0000 > From: Reuben Thomas > Cc: Stefan Monnier , Andreas Schwab , > 17036@debbugs.gnu.org > > > As long as it does what you want, fine. But please note that this is > > not the same as exiting Emacs and starting a new session, because the > > original Emacs didn't shut down all the way, and the PID is the same. > > > > I think I'm still being unclear, sorry. > > I am assuming that all the regular atexit handlers have already been > called, and that Emacs is really about to exit. (That is what I mean by > saying that kill-emacs has been run.) So, this could be implemented by > ensuring that the first atexit handler to be registered on startup checks a > "kill-emacs-and-exec" flag, and if it is set, does the exec. Assuming a call to 'exec' is allowed in an atexit handler. (I don't know if it is.)