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27.0.50; Slow visual selection

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29889 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, m.sujith <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#29889: 27.0.50; Slow visual selection
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 11:07:56 +0200

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

>> "window selection" should probably be "primary selection"?
>
> Probably what was meant is "window-system's primary selection".
>
>> The "This" is confusing -- is it referring to `only' or to all
>> non-nil values?  I think it's the latter.
>
> Yes.

I've now updated the doc string.

>> In any case, I think changing the default to `only' here would make a
>> lot of sense, but on the other hand, the t value has been the default
>> for a long time, so changing it now might just be too annoying.
>> 
>> Eli, what do you think?
>
> I have that set to 'only' long ago.  What does that tell you? ;-)

That we should consider flipping the default to `only'.  Let's see
whether anybody objects, and then do it.

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