From 6a3d031a12e4812fd792f97587981afe578040eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Achim Gratz Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:07:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/PROBLEMS: Add entry about selection problems under Plasma 5. Bug#24013 --- etc/PROBLEMS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 2b3becf4d93..496c7df811f 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1070,6 +1070,28 @@ while, Emacs may print a message: A workaround is to not use 'klipper'. Upgrading 'klipper' to the one coming with KDE 3.3 or later also solves the problem. +*** KDE / Plasma 5: Emacs exhausts memory and needs to be killed + +This problem occurs when large selections contain mixed line endings +(i.e. the buffer has LF line endings, but in some parts CRLF is used). +The source of the problem is currently under investigation, older +versions of Emacs up to 24.5 just hang for a few seconds and then +return with the message "Timed out waiting for property-notify event" +as described in the previous note. As a workaround, go to the +settings dialog for the Clipboard widget and select the option "Ignore +Selection". + +Note: Plasma 5 has replaced the separate klipper process from earlier +KDE versions with functionality directly integrated into plasmashell, +so even if you've previously did not use klipper this will affect you. +Also, all configuration you might have done to klipper is not used by +the new Clipboard widget / plasmoid since it uses its own settings. +You can hide the Clipboard widget by removing its entry from the +system tray settings "Extra Items", but it's not clear if the +underlying functionality in plasmashell gets fully disabled as well. +At least a restart of plasmashell is required for the clipboard +history to be cleared. + *** CDE: Frames may cover dialogs they created when using CDE. This can happen if you have "Allow Primary Windows On Top" enabled which -- 2.39.2