GNU bug report logs - #29889
27.0.50; Slow visual selection

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, m.sujith <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#29889: 27.0.50; Slow visual selection
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 19:49:19 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> What will happen if the buffer text changes between the time the
> active region is defined and the time some other program requests the
> selection?

Then the new buffer text will be used.  But we could always store that
text in a temporary buffer, since inserting and deleting text from a
buffer is much faster (and doesn't cons nearly as much as) making a copy
of the text each time.

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