Re: hang while marking large region

[jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)]

Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com> writes:

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>
>> andrew.tao@gmail.com writes:
>>
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> i'm using 21.1.13 xemacs. when i set the mark and then scroll to a
>>> distant area in a text file, xemacs hangs. we're talking about a few
>>> megabytes of data being marked.
>>
>> Please distinguish between Emacs using an X display and the separate
>> software project XEmacs.
>>
>>> it seems that xemacs must be trying to copy the marked region
>>> somewhere and then hanging.
>>>
>>> any ideas for a workaround?
>>
>> Workaround: don't use XEmacs.
>>
>> This is a known problem.  I had this same problem and the solution was
>> to switch.
>>
>> http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/xemacs-is-dead-long-live-xemacs.html
>
> Never seen the XEmacs stability problem you describe.

I didn't describe it, Steve Yegge described it.  I didn't have the
stability problems he describes either, but I did have annoying hang-ups
with fontification and a few other things.

> That said, switching to GNU Emacs is probably a good way to go.

You can find a page on the subject here:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsAndXEmacs

That page helped me make the choice.  Like I said, I can't remember why
I picked XEmacs, I think because I saw a screenshot of it heavily
customized.  However, my customizations now go a lot further in Emacs.

Joel

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