bug#8869: Unjustified selection time-out

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

Package: Emacs
Version: 24.0.50

I recently started to get "selection time out errors" when deleting
frames, which more recently turned into "mere delays", but they're still
present.  Maybe it is true that my system is misconfigured, but AFAIK
I never messed with any clipboard configuration and no other application
seems to exhibit such a delay when exiting, so I suspect there's a bug
in our handling.
E.g. I suspect the new code sometimes thinks there's a "modern clipboard
manager" running when in reality there simply isn't any.  Or maybe your
delay is much longer than what is used by other applications.


        Stefan




In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2011-06-12 on ceviche
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11002000
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-pointer-sign -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE -DSYNC_INPUT -DENABLE_CHECKING -DXASSERTS -DFONTSET_DEBUG -g -O1 -I/usr/include/GNUstep' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--with-x-toolkit=lucid''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: fr_CH.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Summary

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  gnus-mailing-list-mode: t
  electric-pair-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  url-handler-mode: t
  global-reveal-mode: t
  reveal-mode: t
  auto-insert-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
i t SPC i n t o SPC s o m e t h i n g SPC y o u SPC 
l i k e C-a <up> <return> M-q <backspace> <left> <right> 
<down> <left> <down> <right> <left> <down> <right> 
<left> <right> <up> <up> <left> <right> <down> <left> 
<right> <down> <left> <right> <down> C-SPC <C-down> 
<C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> 
<C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> C-w <C-down> <C-left> 
<C-right> <C-down> <C-left> <C-right> <C-down> <C-down> 
<C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> <C-down> C-SPC 
<C-down> C-w Y u c k . <M-backspace> H m m . . . SPC 
n o t SPC s u r e SPC w h y SPC i t SPC d o e s n ' 
t SPC u s e SPC w i t h - s e l e c t e d - w i n d 
o w . <return> <up> <up> <up> <up> <left> <right> <down> 
<left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <up> <left> <right> 
<down> <left> <right> <down> <down> <left> <right> 
<right> <return> <return> M-i S t e f a n <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <left> C-a <left> <right> <down> 
<left> <right> <down> <left> <right> <down> <down> 
<left> <right> C-c <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <double-down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <double-mouse-1> <backspace> <backspace> 
C-/ C-/ <up> <up> <left> <backspace> , SPC b u t SPC 
y e s , SPC p r o v i d i n g SPC a SPC ` w i n d o 
w ' SPC a r g u m e n t SPC i s SPC e v e n SPC b e 
t t e r . C-c C-c <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<switch-frame> <select-window> <switch-frame> <select-window> 
<help-echo> M-x r e p o r t - e m - b u <backspace> 
<backspace> g b <backspace> <backspace> b u <tab> 
<return>

Recent messages:
Mark set [2 times]
Auto-saving...done
call-interactively: End of buffer
Undo! [2 times]
Sending...
Sending via mail...
Sending...done
X clipboard manager error: Timed out waiting for reply from selection owner
If the problem persists, set `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
Warning: interactive-p is obsolete!

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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