From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 18:03:38 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ; * etc/NEWS: Mention 2 newly introduced variables. X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~2821^2~11 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=22d1a175aa4b33296a7f2fe0cde9a22333f4031d;p=emacs.git ; * etc/NEWS: Mention 2 newly introduced variables. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index d23c7fa8aae..38b0d95654f 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ otherwise leave it unmarked. ** 'configure' detects the kqueue file notification library on *BSD and Mac OS X machines. + +* Changes in Emacs 25.2 + +** It is possible to disable attempted recovery on fatal signals + +Two new variables allow to disable attempts to recover from stack +overflow and to avoid automatic auto-save when Emacs is delivered a +fatal signal. `attempt-stack-overflow-recovery', if set to `nil', +will disable attempts to recover from C stack overflows; Emacs will +then crash as with any other fatal signal. +`attempt-orderly-shutdown-on-fatal-signal', if set to `nil', will +disable attempts to auto-save the session and shut down in an orderly +fashion when Emacs receives a fatal signal; instead, Emacs will +terminate immediately. Both variables are non-`nil' by default. +These variables are for users who would like to avoid the small +probability of data corruption due to techniques Emacs uses to recover +in these situations. + * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2