[ nedit-Bugs-659547 ] Clipboard copy/paste very slow over slow links

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Bugs item #659547, was opened at 2002-12-29 03:26
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Category: Program
Group: release
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 7
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Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Clipboard copy/paste very slow over slow links

Initial Comment:
Editing turns to custard when copying selected text to clipboard with 
^C while working over a slow (128kbit) link. Reaction times to 
anything are many seconds from then on. The correct state is 
unrecoverable and the nedit server process must be killed, forcing a 
complete restart of all open windows. The clipboard is unusable. 
 
SuSE Linux 8.1 ix86, kernel 2.4.19, nedit 5.3, openmotif 2.2.2 
(libXm.so.3.0.1), all compiled by SuSE with gcc 3.2. When nedit is 
compiled with gcc 2.95.3 and linked static with openmotif 
2.1.30MLI4  it's equally bad. 
 
I hope it's not an X error or a motif "feature". Thanks for any 
pointers, 
 
Volker   list0570 at paradise dot net dot nz 
 

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>Comment By: Thorsten Haude (yooden)
Date: 2007-03-05 01:16

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Comment By: Thorsten Haude (yooden)
Date: 2006-08-30 18:37

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Does using xclipboard changes anything?

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Comment By: Thorsten Haude (yooden)
Date: 2006-02-04 17:42

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Try starting xclipboard to recover. Does this work?

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Comment By: Scott Tringali (tringali)
Date: 2004-11-01 16:27

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One thing I've noticed is "klipper" on KDE 3.2 makes
everything slow.  It was especially terrible in Mozilla. 
Disabling that may help you.


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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2004-11-01 16:25

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On my computers, nedit is *sometimes* slow for everything I want to copy 

and paste in / from the clipboard. If I select and use the middle button
it's 
also the same. (but it's quite impredicable, sometimes it's correct for 
pasting, though on KDE it seems to be worse)

NEdit 5.4
Nov 20, 2003

it's running on debian/knoppix linux. I had similar pbs on all the debian
built 
nedit I tested (on 3 computers)

     Built on: Linux, 486, GNU C
     Built at: Mar 19 2004, 08:03:57
   With Motif: 2.1.0 [@(#)GNU/LessTif Version 2.1 Release 0.93.94] 
(UNTESTED)
Running Motif: 2.1 [unknown]
       Server: The XFree86 Project, Inc 40300000
       Visual: 16-bit TrueColor (ID 0x22, Default)
       Locale: fr_FR at euro

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-07-03 12:03

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I can confirm this slowness when using Nedit as a remote X11 client.
Ping round-trip time from host running the X server to host running Nedit
is around 50 msec, that doesn't explain the clipboard slowness.

Marco (molter at tin.it)

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Comment By: Scott Tringali (tringali)
Date: 2003-06-21 18:48

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Another workaround.  Over slow links, I've been using
TightVNC lately, which makes things much faster, and this
problem does not show up.


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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-03-18 05:51

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Thanks. Although is is possible to use the middle-button to  
paste, efficient editing requires both. It also requires having to  
remember when using nedit over the network, and then not  
using some features one is used to using all the time with  
every app. As you say operations complete after several  
seconds - yes, each operation. Move cursor one character -  
wait 5 seconds. Move cursor down - wait 5 seconds. Type  
character - wait 5 seconds. Sorry, this is completely unusable.  
Accidentally typing ctrl-C means restarting nedit from scratch.  
Not acceptable.  
  
I am becoming disillusioned with nedit due to the large number  
of problems with it which aren't addressed. Most of them due  
to this motif rubbish.  
  
Volker list0570 at paradise dot net dot nz 

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Comment By: Scott Tringali (tringali)
Date: 2002-12-30 15:16

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This is a very old bug, and I've seen it myself.  One way 
around it is to use middle-mouse button to paste the 
selection, which seems to take no time at all.

I've never seen NEdit hang completely, it usually takes a 
few seconds to complete the clipboard operation if you're 
patient.


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