GNU bug report logs - #7837
23.2.91; Logging out of GNOME is confusing if Emacs has background processes running

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 7837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7837: 23.2.91; Logging out is confusing if Emacs has
 background processes running
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 21:59:04 +0100

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On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 21:55, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> > 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?
>

https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libSM/xsmp.html

Emacs already implements this: see src/xsmfns.c. The problem is its
behaviour when there are background processes.

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