From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29889: 27.0.50; Slow visual selection Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 16:18:31 +0300 Message-ID: <83tu9k9wbc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y3lmgphl.fsf@gmail.com> <87zgke601k.fsf@gnus.org> <87leux6jey.fsf@gnus.org> <87y1ywy525.fsf@yahoo.com> <87h75k60fl.fsf@gnus.org> <87h75ky2uy.fsf@yahoo.com> <83bkvsbgx0.fsf@gnu.org> <87o7zswhfu.fsf@yahoo.com> <83zgjc9z2j.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnegv0mo.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32020"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 29889@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, m.sujith@gmail.com To: Po Lu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri May 20 15:19:11 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2X9-0008C1-0V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 15:19:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45270 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2X7-00013R-O1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38464) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2X0-00011D-RH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44087) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2X0-0002SY-Ic for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2X0-0000JJ-FH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 13:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29889 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 29889-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29889.16530527191160 (code B ref 29889); Fri, 20 May 2022 13:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29889) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 May 2022 13:18:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37984 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2Wc-0000Id-QI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:18:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45096) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2Wb-0000IO-5L for 29889@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:18:37 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2WV-0002QH-UK; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:18:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=Awb7f49ZLfxEW6k8Z9TV4IixWO5IDhXurhCjpwf/Sh4=; b=WbKjwPnYNTPo gpzvlx2QN82vb6uC3HGi3hIwEcd2PwLEbvYQm7/3rcgr4dIe7RP73aBtQ0OWhJuipegOt9wsIU65w TvjZHsQ2wzWbqTHhLyJgD4y7AFsnlu9PGspmF2rq8O4jp7GthbbA3uMuFYiUlktzvaMRdQzQrwUaa eBNrVozX3/pRjres6OvwFaj9I+AUc3xUFinD3ss6uIUAxolyXogdlknsOZCnIVVYYQ2xNqyXRgYot jnUY1aXGjDE4vyazXHPNVli3PllymN5gjMm3PamKwZaBJxTkWOh06wCuSxFUREVJ6TDVQHYRcEBGa B7fS4ShNpyJOnRdzMk257w==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3569 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ns2WV-0002Wf-Ds; Fri, 20 May 2022 09:18:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wnegv0mo.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Fri, 20 May 2022 20:39:43 +0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:232762 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: larsi@gnus.org, m.sujith@gmail.com, 29889@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 20:39:43 +0800 > > > How do other apps handle request to put huge chunks of text into the > > primary selection? If they honor such requests seamlessly and without > > slowing down the response, why cannot Emacs do the same? > > Those programs only "own" the selection without copying anything. When > another program asks for the contents of the selection, they are sent > directly from the "buffer" containing them. (That does mean if the > buffer contents change, so will the contents of the selection.) What if the buffer is killed? Anyway, if other applications behave like that, why cannot Emacs do the same?