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Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> > (What I don't understand is why the undisplayer method still doesn't
> > get *called* when I press C-g.)
> 
> `unwind-protect' alone doesn't trap `C-g' signals.

I'm not talking about "trapping", but about evaluating the cleanup
code.  Try this:

(unwind-protect
    (sleep-for 5)
  (setq a (current-time-string)))

The point of this form is that `a' will end up being assigned even if
you exit from `sleep-for' nonlocally, such as with C-g.

> I have to run to a meeting in a few minutes.  When I come back, I'll
> redo your patch using `condition-case' and post it here.

Don't do that.

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