From b30088bd3886472290f136bb54d7c88433e17605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Manheimer Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:21:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Note crucial ForwardX11Timeout in xsel.el entry. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 512abb91c..37c480356 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ I've been using Gnu Emacs since it was publicly available (1985?), and have cont and so forth. (You can always do a regular X paste on occasions when you want that processing.) + NOTE well - ssh has has a little known, severe default X11 forwarding + timeout that leads to unexpected failures after ten minutes - yikes! To + mitigate it, set ForwardX11Timeout to something larger - up to the + unexpected max of 596h, slightly beyond which the number is ignored. See + http://b.kl3in.com/2012/01/x11-display-forwarding-fails-after-some-time/ + for details. + * **[pdbtrack.el](./pdbtrack.el)** [I've moved my standalone version of pdbtrack aside. I hadn't realized -- 2.39.2