GNU bug report logs - #17036
Continuation for Emacs: invoking a process on exit?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:48:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 17036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17036: Continuation for Emacs: invoking a process on exit?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:56:34 +0000

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On 18 March 2014 22:52, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:
>
> > Is there a way to give Emacs itself a continuation, i.e. a command to
> exec
> > when it exits?
>
> kill-emacs-hook?
>

That's not a tail-call: to reexec Emacs, it needs to be a proper exec. It
might work from kill-emacs-hook, but it's surely not safe? Emacs hasn't
finished shutting down when it runs...

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