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In <9106180214.AA01964@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) writes:

>> What about printing very large regions, do I have to build a server
>> with increased internal buffer space?  Is there no mechanism to
>> transfer the buffer from one client to another by breaking it into
>> multiple pieces that the server can handle ?

>There is such a mechanism; look up INCR properties in the ICCCM
>(section 2.7.2).  They're designed specifically for transferring large
>quantities of data through the selection mechanisms.

The original author may have been alluding to the problem with STREAMS
based ptys on some SYSV Unix versions that won't reliably accept
more than 256 bytes at a time without discarding data.  On these
systems, pasting large chunks of text into an xterm window can fail
(whereas pasting it into an emacs window will succeed -- since
emacs takes it straight for the server to the text buffer with no
pty involved).  Complain to the system vendor.  If enough of us
do, they might eventually fix it.