Re: Strange delays when running remotely

>> When running Xemacs version 21 remotely (displaying on my local X >> server) I have found that any multicharacter kills (such as kill-line, >> kill-word, kill-ring-save, etc.) are extremely slow (maybe 15-30 >> seconds per kill). I only see this delay when I am running over a DSL >> connection where the ping times to the remote system are on the order >> of 100 milliseconds or more. When my local machine is on the same LAN >> as the remote machine (much shorter ping times), I do not notice any >> unusual delay in multicharacter kills. I also do not see this problem >> when running Xemacs version 20. I was plagued w/ this problem for a long time. This seems to avoid it for me, don't remember who suggested it tho... ;; ;; disable stupid motif chit-chat when remote (slow). ;; With this change we should no longer need to ;; do a hack build of xemacs without motif support. ;; (setq x-selection-strict-motif-ownership nil)

; make kill operations internal to XEmacs; if you want ; to copy to the X clipboard, use C-insert instead (if t (progn (setq interprogram-cut-function nil) ; 'own-clipboard) (setq interprogram-paste-function nil) ; 'get-clipboard-foreign