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bug#7837: 23.2.91; Logging out is confusing if Emacs has background proc
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#7837: 23.2.91; Logging out is confusing if Emacs has background processes running |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:55:01 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:
> I 19m running a more-or-less tip-of-emacs-23 build, largely because it has
> improved X session support.
>
> When Emacs has no background processes running, logging out of my GNOME
> session and back in works fine: Emacs automatically saves its state (I
> use desktop), and is re-run when I log back in.
>
> However, if I have a background process running, for instance a
> debugger, then GNOME reports that Emacs is busy, but Emacs itself says
> nothing. If I try to quit Emacs (C-x C-c, as normal), then it says it
> has running processes and prompts to exit anyway, as normal.
>
> What is missing, therefore, is for Emacs to act as if I 19ve tried to quit
> it when it is signalled by the X session manager. (This is what other
> apps do: they immediately bring up the 1cYou have unsaved documents 1d
> dialog, or equivalent.)
How does the window manager communicate to the apps that it's closing
down? Is there a standard?
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- bug#7837: 23.2.91; Logging out is confusing if Emacs has background processes running,
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