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bug#2520: 23.0.91; Dies on SIGHUP
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#2520: 23.0.91; Dies on SIGHUP |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:59:30 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-10-22 16:05:44] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>>> I guess SIGUSR1 and 2 are also taken...
>>
>> Not really: they're turned into input events and one of them can be used
>> for `debug-on-event` but the other is free.
>>
>>> So do we actually want to do anything here? Simply re-reading the
>>> configuration comes with its own set of complications for us.
>>
>> BTW, if someone wants to re-read their init file upon SIGUSR1, they can
>> do so via something like:
>>
>> (define-key special-event-map [sigusr1] <...>)
>
> But should Emacs offer something along these lines by default? I think
> it makes some sense to do so, because people only think about adding
> this after the first time they need it. (Well, after the third time,
> because we're too lazy to do it the first couple times around, and just
> swear a lot instead.)
Do we have a `M-x <something>` to re-read the init file?
If not, why would it more important to offer a way to do it via SIGUSR?
Stefan