Re: Emacs hanging after M-w and C-k

[Jan D.]

> Every once in a while Emacs gets into a strange mood where any text killing
> (C-k, C-w, M-w, mouse selection, ...) causes it to hang (breakable with
> C-g, thank god).
>
> It turns out that it's due to some other app being stuck (probably while
> holding the X selection, tho my understanding of the X protocol is too
> flakey to be sure).  So maybe it's not strictly speaking an Emacs bug, but
> I wish Emacs could grab the X selection asynchronously, so it wouldn't
> get stuck.
>
> Does anybody know how feasible this is?
>  

If it get stuck in XSetSelectionOwner it is not feasible, as this is a 
synchronous call in X.  Can you verify that it is there it is stuck?

   Jan D.