Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 08:56:35 -0700
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: Latest stub
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> I even have an example for you: Emacs support of the Windows clipboard.
> The clipboard is not limited to 64K, you can theoretically move up to 1MB
> of data (practically it is limited by 640K).  Right now, Emacs allocates

I was wandering about that limit (I just recently put support for the
Windows clipboard in my own editor).

> 
> But I agree with Charles on this one: the implications of changing the
> stubinfo meaning is probably too painful at this point.

VERY painfull, just look at all the patches I sent in, and still not all
issues were taken care of.

I think Charles' solution (and what's used in Emacs) of either
allocating another buffer or resizing the transfer buffer from within
the program is probably the best way to go about it.

Bill
-- 
Leave others their otherness.