From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Saving the selection before killing Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:24:31 +0200 Message-ID: <469DDC4F.20106@swipnet.se> References: <5fmk5pF3bo3fbU1@mid.individual.net> <87hco5xtbv.fsf@jurta.org> <868x9f30fo.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184751032 26441 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2007 09:30:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:30:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 18 11:30:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IB5rQ-0004og-6S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:30:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IB5rP-0001rU-H9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:30:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IB5mS-0000DI-9B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IB5mP-0000CL-QI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IB5mO-0000C0-Ea for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net ([81.228.9.181]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IB5mM-0007uE-BF; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: by av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 590943809A; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:24:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av7-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3100F37F47; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:24:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from husetbladh.homeip.net (81-235-205-78-no59.tbcn.telia.com [81.235.205.78]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7F137E44; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:25:05 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Macintosh/20070604) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:75049 Archived-At: Richard Stallman skrev: > The main problem I saw with it was working over non-local X > connections where it could lead to annoying and inexplicable > slowdowns. > > Is that an observation or a theoretical conclusion? > The question is how much slowdown this feature adds > when there is no selection. How long does it take > to determine that there is no selection? The time it takes to send a request to the X server and get a reply. But for a "normal" X session, you almost always have a selection somewhere. Jan D.