Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM

[Stefan Monnier]

> No.  Fatal signals, such as SIGTERM, are caught by a signal handler,
> which runs emacs.c:shut_down_emacs.  `kill-emacs' in a nutshell runs
> `kill-emacs-hook' and then also calls shut_down_emacs.

It would probably make sense to run kill-emacs-hook when we receive
SIGTERM, although it does imply a significant change (basically
handling SIGTERM similarly to SIGUSRn).

>> A related question: What does emacs --daemon do when it receives a
>> SIGTERM and there are unsaved buffers?
> Sorry, I don't know.  Someone else will have to answer this.

I think it just does autosaves and then exits.


        Stefan