Re: M-w on large buffers hangs

Anthony> If I try and copy the same buffer (with M-w) using Xemacs Anthony> for Unix I don't have this problem. Is there a variable I Anthony> can set to fix this problem? [...] Anthony> XEmacs 21.4.8 "Honest Recruiter" configured for `i386-suse-linux'. Yes. Set `emacs-version' to at least 21.4.12. At least two separate bugs that can have that symptom have been fixed recently. 21.4.13 is due out Real Soon Now (I can't estimate better than that, sorry) and it has some important fixes, though none that bear on this problem. You might also want to play with x-selection-strict-motif-ownership interprogram-cut-function interprogram-paste-function -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.