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- From: kyle@wendy-fate.uu.net (Kyle Jones)
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
- Subject: Re: Signalling Emacs
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 18:24:13 -0500
- Organization: UUNET Communications
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- Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- References: <9301210152.AA18931@lakatos.osf.org>
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- macrakis@osf.ORG (Stavros Macrakis) writes:
- > Epoch 4.0.1 of Tue Jul 21 1992 on phoenix (aix-v3) (Emacs 18.58)
- >
- > When Emacs appears to be wedged, not responding to control-G for
- > whatever reason, is there some signal you can send it using the "kill"
- > command to force it to wake up?
- >
- > I guess if it's hanging in an NFS open or something, that won't help,
- > though.... Unix needs PCLSR!
-
- SIGINT helped sometimes when Emacs would go into a spin while
- using interrupt driven I/O. This was years ago though, so I
- don't know if what you're experieencing is at all related.
-
- SIGINT and SIGWINCH are the only signals that won't make Emacs
- die and yet might wake Emacs up that I can think of.
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