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diff --git a/libs/pbd/transmitter.cc b/libs/pbd/transmitter.cc
index a172ac457d..fccb667b48 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/transmitter.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/transmitter.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    Copyright (C) 1998-99 Paul Barton-Davis 
+    Copyright (C) 1998-99 Paul Barton-Davis
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Transmitter::Transmitter (Channel c)
 		send = 0;
 		break;
 	}
-}		
+}
 
 void
 Transmitter::deliver ()
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Transmitter::deliver ()
 
 	/* NOTE: this is just a default action for a Transmitter or a
 	   derived class. Any class can override this to produce some
-	   other action when deliver() is called. 
+	   other action when deliver() is called.
 	*/
 
 	*this << '\0';
@@ -82,17 +82,23 @@ Transmitter::deliver ()
 	seekg (0, ios::beg);
 
 	/* do the right thing if this should not return */
-	
+
 	if (does_not_return()) {
-#ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+// TODO !!!! Commented out temporarily (for Windows)
 		sigset_t mask;
-		
+
 		sigemptyset (&mask);
 		sigsuspend (&mask);
-#endif
 		/*NOTREACHED*/
 		exit (1);
-	} 
+/* JE - From what I can tell, the above code suspends
+ * program execution until (any) signal occurs. Not
+ * sure at the moment what this achieves, unless it
+ * provides some time for the user to see the message.
+ */
+#endif
+	}
 }
 
 bool
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@ Transmitter::does_not_return ()
 
 extern "C" {
   void pbd_c_error (const char *str)
- 
+
   {
 	PBD::error << str << endmsg;
   }