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> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:00:53 +0000
> Cc: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
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> Could we switch signal processing to a simpler model, such as a background thread and sigwait? 

How would that work with C-g on TTYs, which generates SIGINT, and
should eventually cause a longjmp to top level?

Same question regarding SIGIO, which is used on X-based systems for
input.