Re: Emacs hangs when deleting a large portion of text in a large file

[Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Mueller <michael_p_mueller@agilent.com> writes:
> I often use emacs to examine large log files (may be 10
> MB). Sometimes I want to extract a part of such a file for further
> investigation, for example, I am in the middle of the file and want to
> delete the rest. When I just jump to the end and then delete the region
> using C-W, emacs hangs. I assume emacs has problems saving such a large
> portion of text in the kill ring and it would come back if I would wait
> for some minutes or maybe hours, which I don't want to do. Even C-g won't
> interupt this. The only thing I can do is kill emacs from the shell.

Which version of Emacs is that ?

Check the PROBLEMS file, it has something about the X cut-buffer and some
clipboard that ends up freezing Emacs if you cut more than a few hundred
chars at a time.


        Stefan