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in thread Tk: Cannot install from CPAN sometimes.

I originally installed Tk to several machines, but the problem appears at a single machine as well, as demonstrated by the loop. I was just curious why SelectionClear and SelectionGet cannot follow each other without some time interval. But maybe it's the test's problem, e.g. some other widget intervening and unsetting $@?

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Re^7: Tk: Cannot install from CPAN sometimes.
by zentara (Cardinal) on Oct 29, 2010 at 15:56 UTC
    why SelectionClear and SelectionGet cannot follow each other without some time interval

    ..? maybe because it has to communicate with the Xserver? I think those copy and paste buffers are part of X.

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      Aren't both of those calls supposed to be blocking?
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