Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!CS.BROWN.EDU!jak From: jak@CS.BROWN.EDU (Jak Kirman) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Catching signals from within emacs Message-ID: <8811271341.AA03022@zaphod.cs.brown.edu> Date: 27 Nov 88 13:41:25 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 25 Does anyone know how (or if) I can catch signals sent to emacs and execute an elisp function depending on the signal received? I have a program which can be executed from a menu in a window-manager, and sends a signal to all the emacs processes running. I use this to exit from all my emacses quickly. Currently I send HUP; the problem is that emacs then saves the modified buffers into the auto-save-file-names. What I would like is to be able to deal with this signal myself, for example to save the buffers before exiting. Is there any way to do this? Thanks. Jak Kirman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CSnet : jak@cs.brown.edu BITNET : jak@browncs.BITNET ARPA : jak%cs.brown.edu@relay.cs.net Phone : (401) 863 1831 UUCP : ...!{decvax,allegra,ihnp4}!brunix!jak Snail : Apt 4, 86 Benevolent St, Providence, 02906 RI. Tel. (401) 272 6149 I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. -- Fred Allen