GNU bug report logs - #46935
28.0.50; Annoying interactions with X clipboard

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 46935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46935: 28.0.50; Annoying interactions with X clipboard
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:59:15 +0800

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> The current trunk is back to hanging forever in this scenario.  Test
> case:
>
> $ emacs -Q
>
> Then select some text with the mouse and then `C-z' in the shell to stop
> the Emacs.
>
> Then start a new "emacs -Q" and use mouse-2 to paste.  Emacs will now
> hang forever (until you hit C-g).  So it seems like things have possibly
> regressed a bit, since it used to heed x-selection-timeout?
>
> Perhaps Po has some insights here; added to the CCs.

Thanks, should be fixed now.  The problem was wait_reading_process_input
skipping the call to select upon detect_input_pending even when just
waiting for a cell, without anyone reading keyboard input from the
keyboard buffer.

This bug has existed for a long time.  I wonder why it was only just
reported.

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