From 833e48d3d84885cc62f6c3daf9ad26f53a7f5cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:54:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add PROBLEMS entry for X clipboard managers slowing down exit See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8869#92 --- etc/PROBLEMS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 675644f5654..75627f084cd 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1357,6 +1357,28 @@ single copies. You do not need any other drivers or options. Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection +*** Emacs is slow to exit in X + +After you use e.g. C-x C-c to exit, it takes many seconds before the +Emacs window disappears. If Emacs was started from a terminal, you +see the message: + + Error saving to X clipboard manager. + If the problem persists, set `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil. + +As the message suggests, this problem occurs when Emacs thinks you +have a clipboard manager program running, but has trouble contacting it. +If you don't want to use a clipboard manager, you can set the +suggested variable. Or you can make Emacs not wait so long by +reducing the value of `x-selection-timeout', either in .emacs or with +X resources. + +Sometimes this problem is due to a bug in your clipboard manager. +Updating to the latest version of the manager can help. +For example, in the Xfce 4.8 desktop environment, the clipboard +manager in versions of xfce4-settings-helper before 4.8.2 is buggy; +https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7588 . + * Runtime problems on character terminals ** The meta key does not work on xterm. -- 2.39.2