Re: Exit hooks not run at logout on w32

[Jason Rumney]

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> Actually emacs recieve a control event instead, CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT 
> during my testing. (It could also be CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT and probably 
> CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT.) This event can be catched in ctrl_c_handler in 
> w32console.c. I have tried that and then used PostThreadMessage 
> (dwWindowsThreadId, WM_EMACS_KILL, 0, 0) to be able to call 
> save-buffers-kill-emacs later on.
You can not run commands that require user interaction after receiving 
the CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT. Windows will powerdown 10 seconds after the event 
is broadcast.

> WM_EMACS_KILL seems ok to use here, it is not used anywhere else as 
> far as I can see. It is passed on and shows up in w32_msg_pump. There 
> I am trying to use my_post_msg to pass it to the lisp thread.
Wy not post it directly to the lisp thread in the first place?