address@hidden: Kill ring leak in winemacs macros]

[Richard M. Stallman]

I don't entirely understand this, but I suggest that someone who uses
Windows read it and DTRT.

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This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,

not to your local site managers!

Please write in English, because the Emacs maintainers do not have

translators to read other languages for them.

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Your bug report will be posted to the address@hidden mailing
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and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)

 of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO

configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.2)'

Important settings:

  value of $LC_ALL: nil

  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil

  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil

  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil

  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil

  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil

  value of $LC_TIME: nil

  value of $LANG: ENU

  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1

  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug

and the precise symptoms of the bug:

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When I create a keyboard macro in which I kill and yank form the EMACS
kill ring and infinitely apply the macro via the "0" prefix argument, I
have to make sure and not copy or kill into the Windows kill ring while
the macro is running.  Otherwise this inadvertently introduces
unwanted/unexpected data into the EMACS kill ring.  My macros can run
for a long time on large files, so this can stop me from doing other
work while I am waiting.  Or I can forget about the danger and corrupt
the data I am manipulating.

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A related issue is that EMACS macro's, I believe, used to run keyboard
macros a *Lot* faster back in my Unix days in EMACS.  I quite suspect
that the overhead of keeping the Windows kill ring consistant with the
emacs kill ring is bogging the process down.

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I couldn't find a version of or argument for EMACS "kill-line" or
"kill-ring-save" that would help me.  I'm hoping for a solution that
wouldn't require me to code and manipulation of
"interprogram-cut-function" seemed to require codeing.

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Anyway, thanks for the EMACS support!!!

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- -Eric

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Recent input:

C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-x o C-a C-f C-f C-f w : C-a C-k=20

C-k C-y C-y C-p C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-b C-b=20

C-b C-b C-x o C-v C-x o / C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-k=20

> C-h n <lwindow> <help-echo> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1>=20

<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1>=20

<mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-h a b u g <return> C-s C-g C-x=20

o C-s r e p o r t C-s C-s C-s C-n C-s C-s C-g C-x o=20

ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m SPC b SPC <return>

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Recent messages:

Auto-saving...done

Loading outline...

Loading easy-mmode...done

Loading outline...done

Loading apropos...done

Type C-x 4 b RET to restore the other window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.

isearch-abort: Quit

Mark saved where search started

isearch-abort: Quit

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Subject: Kill ring leak in winemacs =
macros<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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Foundation,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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managers!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please write in English, because the Emacs =
maintainers do
not have<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and to the gnu.emacs.bug news =
group.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 =
(i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;of 2004-03-10 on =
NYAUMO<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>configured using `configure --with-gcc =
(3.2)'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Important settings:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_ALL: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_COLLATE: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_CTYPE: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_MESSAGES: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_MONETARY: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_NUMERIC: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LC_TIME: =
nil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; value of $LANG: =
ENU<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; locale-coding-system: =
iso-latin-1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; default-enable-multibyte-characters: =
t<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please describe exactly what actions triggered the =
bug<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and the precise symptoms of the =
bug:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When I create a keyboard macro in which I kill and =
yank form
the EMACS kill ring and infinitely apply the macro via the &quot;0&quot; =
prefix
argument, I have to make sure and not copy or kill into the Windows kill =
ring
while the macro is running.&nbsp; Otherwise this inadvertently =
introduces
unwanted/unexpected data into the EMACS kill ring.&nbsp; My macros can =
run for a
long time on large files, so this can stop me from doing other work =
while I am
waiting.&nbsp; Or I can forget about the danger and corrupt the data I =
am
manipulating.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A related issue is that EMACS macro's, I believe, =
used to
run keyboard macros a *Lot* faster back in my Unix days in EMACS.&nbsp; =
I quite
suspect that the overhead of keeping the Windows kill ring consistant =
with the
emacs kill ring is bogging the process =
down.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I couldn't find a version of or argument for EMACS
&quot;kill-line&quot; or &quot;kill-ring-save&quot; that would help =
me.&nbsp; I'm
hoping for a solution that wouldn't require me to code and manipulation =
of
&quot;interprogram-cut-function&quot; seemed to require =
codeing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyway, thanks for the EMACS =
support!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-Eric<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Recent input:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-x o C-a C-f C-f C-f w : C-a C-k =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>C-k C-y C-y C-p C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-b C-b =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>C-b C-b C-x o C-v C-x o / C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-f C-k =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&gt; C-h n &lt;lwindow&gt; &lt;help-echo&gt; =
&lt;mouse-1&gt;
&lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt;
&lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt; =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&lt;mouse-1&gt; &lt;mouse-1&gt; C-h a b u g =
&lt;return&gt;
C-s C-g C-x <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>o C-s r e p o r t C-s C-s C-s C-n C-s C-s C-g C-x o =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m SPC b SPC =
&lt;return&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Recent messages:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Auto-saving...done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Loading outline...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Loading =
easy-mmode...done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Loading outline...done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Loading apropos...done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Type C-x 4 b RET to restore the other window.&nbsp; =
C-M-v to
scroll the help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>isearch-abort: Quit<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mark saved where search =
started<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>isearch-abort: Quit<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Loading emacsbug...done</span></font><font size=3D1
face=3DArial><span =
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