Re: silent PC vs. emacs

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

  > > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden,
  > >         address@hidden
  > > From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
  > > Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:59:31 -0700
  > > 
  > >   >  . The blink-cursor mode uses a timer (that probably explains setitmer
  > >   >    and SIGALRM)
  > >   > 
  > >   >  . select calls are issued when Emacs enters the idle loop
  > >   > 
  > >   >  . The rest might be because the blink-cursor mode causes signals,
  > >   >    which then require various system calls, like select, to be
  > >   >    restarted
  > > 
  > > 
  > > The same thing happens when blink-cursor-mode is turned off. It is a
  > > bit less frequent, but still a few times a second.
  > 
  > You mean, you still have setitimer and SIGALRMs, even without
  > blink-cursor-mode?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.