GNU bug report logs - #63865
29.0.90; call-process while owning the X selection hangs other processes

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Message #74 received at 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>,
 63865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63865: 29.0.90; call-process while owning the X selection
 hangs other processes
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 08:15:03 +0800

Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com> writes:

> Other things which make Emacs busy still let Emacs respond to X
> selection requests.

Only if Emacs is still reading keyboard input.  Responding to selection
requests is only possible when it is safe to run Lisp.  A cursory
examination of xselect.el will show why.

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