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bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent
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Po Lu |
Subject: |
bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:59:14 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com> writes:
> And yet, we do this today: that's what x-selection-timeout does. Should
> we remove that functionality?
[...]
> I assume we should not remove that functionality. So if automatically
> interrupting a selection transfer if the owner takes too long is fine,
> what's the issue with interrupting it if the owner sends too much data?
Because sending a lot of data is *NOT* a bug in the selection owner.
Delaying subsequent user activity for a significant amount of time is.
> Both situations are usually the result of buggy X clients, both
> situations would break Emacs if not handled, both situations are
> standard considerations for robustness in any network protocol.
Blocking user interaction while quitting remains possible is not
``broken'' in my book.
> No, because then they are performing an operation which it makes sense
> might block: pasting data copied from another application. In that
> situation, they are fine with it.
[...]
> No, there is no problem with other X clients. It is simply that users
> expect delays when yanking and don't expect delays when killing.
>
> So, Emacs should be able to configure a different x-selection-timeout
> when running the save-interprogram-paste-before-kill logic, to reflect
> the fact that users have these different expectations for yanking and
> killing. I don't see why this is objectionable.
Taking more than five seconds to yank points to a bug in whichever
client is owning the clipboard selection at the time of the yank.
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, (continued)
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/05
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/04
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Spencer Baugh, 2023/07/05
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/05
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Spencer Baugh, 2023/07/05
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections,
Po Lu <=
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, sbaugh, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Spencer Baugh, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Spencer Baugh, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/08
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/09
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Po Lu, 2023/07/09
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/09
- bug#64423: 29.0.92; save-interprogram-paste-before-kill doesn't prevent streaming large selections, sbaugh, 2023/07/12