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Emacs ceased to respond to C-g on a tty; SIGINT became blocked?

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From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
To: 20471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20471: Emacs ceased to respond to C-g on a tty; SIGINT became blocked? 
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 16:20:26 +0000

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>>>> From: Ivan Shmakov  Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 15:55:48 +0000
>>>>> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

[…]

 >>> A blocked signal would still be visible in the debugger

 >> It’s not what I observe.  Why, SIGINT seem to be ignored by GDB
 >> itself when it’s attached to that Emacs instance.

 >>> (assuming you haven't changed the handling of SIGINT in gdb).

 > Is this on a TTY frame?

	Yes.  FWIW, I use non-tty Emacs frames only occasionally.

 > If not, then C-g doesn't trigger a SIGINT in Emacs.

	Yes.  (I’ve already read that part in keyboard.c.)

PS.  GNU Screen is just so welcoming an environment I can’t give it up
	easily.

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