    {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
    module GHCi.Signals (installSignalHandlers) where

    import Control.Concurrent
    import Control.Exception
    import System.Mem.Weak  ( deRefWeak )

    #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
    import System.Posix.Signals
    #endif

    #if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
    import GHC.ConsoleHandler
    #endif

    -- | Install standard signal handlers for catching ^C, which just throw an
    --   exception in the target thread.  The current target thread is the
    --   thread at the head of the list in the MVar passed to
    --   installSignalHandlers.
    installSignalHandlers :: IO ()
    installSignalHandlers = do
      main_thread <- myThreadId
      wtid <- mkWeakThreadId main_thread

      let interrupt = do
            r <- deRefWeak wtid
            case r of
              Nothing -> return ()
              Just t  -> throwTo t UserInterrupt

    #if !defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
      _ <- installHandler sigQUIT  (Catch interrupt) Nothing
      _ <- installHandler sigINT   (Catch interrupt) Nothing
    #else
      -- GHC 6.3+ has support for console events on Windows
      -- NOTE: running GHCi under a bash shell for some reason requires
      -- you to press Ctrl-Break rather than Ctrl-C to provoke
      -- an interrupt.  Ctrl-C is getting blocked somewhere, I don't know
      -- why --SDM 17/12/2004
      let sig_handler ControlC = interrupt
          sig_handler Break    = interrupt
          sig_handler _        = return ()

      _ <- installHandler (Catch sig_handler)
    #endif
      return ()