Re: XEmacs can't delete big chunks

Pete Siemsen wrote:

> If I load a big file (>50000 lines) into XEmacs v21.5beta17 and delete a
> big chunk with, like, C-u 20000 C-k, XEmacs just sucks CPU until I kill
> it.  My solution: use vi for just this case.  I've had this problem for
> many months (years?) on different machines and versions of XEmacs.  Am I
> the only one?

Is XEmacs synchronising the X clipboard to the kill-ring? That can
make large kills horrendously slow.

Check the value of interprogram-cut-function; if it isn't nil, make
its so. That will make kill operations internal to XEmacs; if you want
to copy to the X clipboard, use C-insert instead.

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Glynn Clements <[email protected]>