# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 994231287 0
# Node ID 1ded478b3fda9b0441b19f4c0a62d55c7bd464bd
# Parent  9e543d761717cd1b89d3185ba66186fbd02d1c90
Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.

diff -r 9e543d761717 -r 1ded478b3fda etc/PROBLEMS
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Wed Jul 04 06:22:15 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Wed Jul 04 07:21:27 2001 +0000
@@ -1074,14 +1074,15 @@
 
 * Emacs hangs on KDE when a large portion of text is killed.
 
-This happens because KDE intercepts the X clipboard and appears not to
-notify Emacs properly when it is done.  A C-g will not interrupt this:
-Emacs will print "Quit", but will continue waiting.  After a while,
-Emacs will print a message:
+This is caused by a bug in the KDE applet `klipper' which periodically
+requests the X clipboard contents from applications.  Early versions
+of klipper don't implement the ICCM protocol for large selections,
+which leads to Emacs being flooded with selection requests.  After a
+while, Emacs will print a message:
 
   Timed out waiting for property-notify event
 
-A workaround is to kill the KDE application called `klipper'.
+A workaround is to not use `klipper'.
 
 * Emacs compiled with DJGPP for MS-DOS/MS-Windows cannot access files
 in the directory with the special name `dev' under the root of any