X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=AG y7UzObkzML8FRAe5uJLabqCLZ74pVkz1Ef/bvhYfk561og3R3yvtpW6FguHV9lE+ MSAk9iMmzm/yzAydQdH1cVa0XtJ7RflJ3nU14Z7mtSi6ZCIM8Q0BF1L4VT9+3byC 2iN50/Nu6AgwCGU+yqb9al7+nsI1h/ZDcjQzehefc= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; s=default; bh=ahFbrj/J BAuvAL9ptMb6e/ud9mY=; b=ySV0oFRTpBxv8L7Fv3DUV4zLBeUh2wb205FkvN1s v84flAVGBbQ2HSgSdEVfEJYzSRnyDni1Slu02WwRhdsKtd0yFE2UWFQePO7p4X/x eokz4OvA2xKMEfFUTK/Psyi/ME6+j6JMc76rtvS6r+xCnAQ5LbBZMSrfo3HvDLW/ 7dw= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_FROM_URIBL_PCCC,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wi0-f170.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.85.233 with SMTP id k9mr17804680wjz.106.1423827937918; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:45:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150213105917.GE20741@dinwoodie.org> References: <20150212134550 DOT GC20741 AT dinwoodie DOT org> <20150212170342 DOT GB7818 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <925263616 DOT 20150213005102 AT yandex DOT ru> <20150213092339 DOT GB17624 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <1083078655 DOT 20150213130932 AT yandex DOT ru> <20150213105917 DOT GE20741 AT dinwoodie DOT org> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:45:37 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Writing to /dev/clipboard from multiple processes in Bash gives inconsistent behaviour From: Peter Hull To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > I'm running a bunch of Microsoft Office applications which I know do > "helpful" things to the Windows clipboard. It hadn't occured to me that > they may be causing BLODA-like problems in the way they interact with > it. Just to add my experience - on Windows 8 64-bit I see it maybe 1 in 200 times (using the infinitely-repeating script). Having applications like Excel and Outlook open increases it to 1 in 10 or more. Also, task manager shows those apps jumping up to use 15-20% CPU each while the script is running. Pete -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple