On Dec 2 13:11, Jon TURNEY wrote: > On 02/12/2013 12:13, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > > I'm running emacs-x11 24.3.1 on > > > > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 sbhc123 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39 i686 Cygwin > > > > I used to be able to copy text from Emacs to Windows applications through > > the > > clipboard without practical size limitations. However, since my last Cygwin > > upgrade (which updated both Emacs and cygwin1.dll to the versions mentioned > > above) the clipboard seems to be limited in size. All I do is the following: > > > > - open a file containing ASCII text, amounting to like three printed pages > > of > > text > > - at the beginning of the buffer, press Ctrl-Space > > - at the end of the buffer, press M-w > > - switch to a Windows application (any that can handle unformatted text will > > do, use e.g. LibreOffice Writer) > > - insert the text using Ctrl-v > > > > stderr shows the following messages: > > > > winClipboardWindowProc - timed out waiting for WIN_XEVENTS_NOTIFY_DATA > > winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionNotify - X*TextPropertyToTextList > > returned: XConverterNotFound > > winClipboardWindowProc - timed out waiting for WIN_XEVENTS_NOTIFY_TARGETS > > > > On the receiving end, the message reads something like: > > > > "Clipboard does not contain specified formatted data" > > > > Trial and error tells me that I can copy 6104 characters without problems. > > Trying to copy 6105 or more characters triggers the error. I'll try and see > > if > > this number is constant across reboots. Copying within Emacs, i.e. by > > yanking > > the text into a different buffer, is not affected. The problem persists if I > > start Emacs using the -q flag. > > This looks like the same issue as reported in [1], so you might like to try > the snapshot from [2] and see if it improves things for you? > > What you write does seem to support the theory that this is a regression in > select() in the cygwin DLL. It might be useful if you could say what version > of the cygwin DLL you had when it was working correctly before you upgraded. > > [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2013-10/msg00031.html > [2] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2013-11/msg00012.html
Are you sure this is a select problem? If so, can you create an STC, perhaps? Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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