From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: hang while marking large region Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:38 -0400 Message-ID: <8763tjs975.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210614697 21481 80.91.229.12 (12 May 2008 17:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:51:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Dan Espen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 12 19:52:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JvcBn-0004Ps-Tg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 19:51:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47148 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvcB4-0000gb-LI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 13:51:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JvcAn-0000gL-NC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JvcAl-0000fw-VT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36224 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JvcAl-0000fp-Md for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:51 -0400 Original-Received: from phsmgmx9.partners.org ([155.52.251.100]:25273) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JvcAl-00062g-98 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:51 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,474,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="144357090" Original-Received: from phsxcon5.mgh.harvard.edu (HELO PHSXCON5.partners.org) ([132.183.130.38]) by phsmgmx9.partners.org with ESMTP; 12 May 2008 13:50:50 -0400 Original-Received: from PHSXMB8.partners.org ([170.223.201.47]) by PHSXCON5.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:40 -0400 Original-Received: from W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu.partners.org ([132.183.29.121]) by PHSXMB8.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Dan Espen's message of "Mon, 12 May 2008 15:41:00 GMT") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2008 17:50:40.0217 (UTC) FILETIME=[B124F490:01C8B458] X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53939 Archived-At: Dan Espen 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 -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj Ineffective security measure: The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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