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.