diff --git a/core.d b/core.d
index 4119d60..5356c4f 100644
--- a/core.d
+++ b/core.d
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ inout(char)[] stripRightInternal(return inout(char)[] s) {
 }
 
 /++
-	Shortcut for converting some types to string without invoking Phobos (but it will as a last resort).
+	Shortcut for converting some types to string without invoking Phobos (but it may as a last resort).
 
 	History:
 		Moved from color.d to core.d in March 2023 (dub v11.0).
@@ -1500,9 +1500,18 @@ string toStringInternal(T)(T t) {
 			default:
 				return "<unknown>";
 		}
+	} else static if(is(T : const E[], E)) {
+		string ret = "[";
+		foreach(idx, e; t) {
+			if(idx)
+				ret ~= ", ";
+			ret ~= toStringInternal(e);
+		}
+		ret ~= "]";
+		return ret;
 	} else {
-		import std.conv;
-		return to!string(t);
+		static assert(0, T.stringof ~ " makes compile too slow");
+		// import std.conv; return to!string(t);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/minigui.d b/minigui.d
index f66a86c..a072d4d 100644
--- a/minigui.d
+++ b/minigui.d
@@ -3189,8 +3189,8 @@ void recomputeChildLayout(string relevantMeasure)(Widget parent) {
 	if(spaceRemaining < 0 && shrinkyChildSum) {
 		// shrink to get into the space if it is possible
 		auto toRemove = -spaceRemaining;
-		auto removalPerItem  = toRemove * shrinkinessSum / shrinkyChildSum;
-		auto remainder = toRemove * shrinkinessSum % shrinkyChildSum;
+		auto removalPerItem = toRemove / shrinkinessSum;
+		auto remainder = toRemove % shrinkinessSum;
 
 		// FIXME: wtf why am i shrinking things with no shrinkiness?
 
@@ -3201,17 +3201,20 @@ void recomputeChildLayout(string relevantMeasure)(Widget parent) {
 			if(child.hidden)
 				continue;
 			static if(calcingV) {
-				auto maximum = childStyle.maxHeight();
+				auto minimum = childStyle.minHeight();
+				auto stretch = childStyle.heightShrinkiness();
 			} else {
-				auto maximum = childStyle.maxWidth();
+				auto minimum = childStyle.minWidth();
+				auto stretch = childStyle.widthShrinkiness();
 			}
 
-			if(mixin("child._" ~ relevantMeasure) >= maximum)
+			if(mixin("child._" ~ relevantMeasure) <= minimum)
 				continue;
+			// import arsd.core; writeln(typeid(child).toString, " ", child._width, " > ", minimum, " :: ", removalPerItem, "*", stretch);
 
-			mixin("child._" ~ relevantMeasure) -= removalPerItem + remainder; // this is removing more than needed to trigger the next thing. ugh.
+			mixin("child._" ~ relevantMeasure) -= removalPerItem * stretch + remainder / shrinkyChildSum; // this is removing more than needed to trigger the next thing. ugh.
 
-			spaceRemaining += removalPerItem + remainder;
+			spaceRemaining += removalPerItem * stretch + remainder / shrinkyChildSum;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -12101,10 +12104,14 @@ class TextDisplayHelper : Widget {
 
 	private string preservedPrimaryText;
 	protected void selectionChanged() {
+		// sdpyPrintDebugString("selectionChanged"); try throw new Exception("e"); catch(Exception e) sdpyPrintDebugString(e.toString());
 		static if(UsingSimpledisplayX11)
 		with(l.selection()) {
 			if(!isEmpty()) {
+				//sdpyPrintDebugString("!isEmpty");
+
 				getPrimarySelection(parentWindow.win, (in char[] txt) {
+					// sdpyPrintDebugString("getPrimarySelection: " ~ getContentString() ~ " (old " ~ txt ~ ")");
 					// import std.stdio; writeln("txt: ", txt, " sel: ", getContentString);
 					if(txt.length) {
 						preservedPrimaryText = txt.idup;
@@ -12117,6 +12124,9 @@ class TextDisplayHelper : Widget {
 		}
 	}
 
+	final TextLayouter layouter() {
+		return l;
+	}
 
 	bool readonly;
 	bool caretNavigation; // scroll lock can flip this
@@ -12216,7 +12226,10 @@ class TextDisplayHelper : Widget {
 		if(readonly) return;
 		getClipboardText(parentWindow.win, (txt) {
 			doStateCheckpoint();
-			l.selection.replaceContent(txt);
+			if(singleLine)
+				l.selection.replaceContent(txt.stripInternal());
+			else
+				l.selection.replaceContent(txt);
 			adjustScrollbarSizes();
 			scrollForCaret();
 			this.redraw();
@@ -12816,8 +12829,13 @@ abstract class EditableTextWidget : EditableTextWidgetParent {
 	@property void content(string s) {
 		if(useCustomWidget) {
 			version(use_new_text_system) {
-				selectAll();
-				textLayout.selection.replaceContent(s);
+				with(textLayout.selection) {
+					moveToStartOfDocument();
+					setAnchor();
+					moveToEndOfDocument();
+					setFocus();
+					replaceContent(s);
+				}
 
 				tdh.adjustScrollbarSizes();
 				// these don't seem to help
@@ -13185,7 +13203,8 @@ class LineEdit : EditableTextWidget {
 	override bool showingVerticalScroll() { return false; }
 	override bool showingHorizontalScroll() { return false; }
 
-	override int flexBasisWidth() { return 250; }
+	 override int flexBasisWidth() { return 250; }
+	override int widthShrinkiness() { return 10; }
 
 	///
 	this(Widget parent) {
diff --git a/simpledisplay.d b/simpledisplay.d
index 1816264..cd8875c 100644
--- a/simpledisplay.d
+++ b/simpledisplay.d
@@ -6689,9 +6689,31 @@ version(X11) {
 		else static if (atomName == "SECONDARY") Atom a = XA_SECONDARY;
 		else Atom a = GetAtom!atomName(display);
 
-		XSetSelectionOwner(display, a, window.impl.window, 0 /* CurrentTime */);
+		if(auto ptr = a in window.impl.setSelectionHandlers) {
+			// we already have it, don't even need to inform the X server
+			// sdpyPrintDebugString("short circuit in set");
+			*ptr = data;
+		} else {
+			// we don't have it, tell X we want it
+			XSetSelectionOwner(display, a, window.impl.window, 0 /* CurrentTime */);
+			window.impl.setSelectionHandlers[a] = data;
+		}
+	}
 
-		window.impl.setSelectionHandlers[a] = data;
+	/++
+		History:
+			Added September 28, 2024
+	+/
+	bool hasX11Selection(string atomName)(SimpleWindow window) {
+		auto display = XDisplayConnection.get();
+		static if (atomName == "PRIMARY") Atom a = XA_PRIMARY;
+		else static if (atomName == "SECONDARY") Atom a = XA_SECONDARY;
+		else Atom a = GetAtom!atomName(display);
+
+		if(a in window.impl.setSelectionHandlers)
+			return true;
+		else
+			return false;
 	}
 
 	///
@@ -6775,6 +6797,17 @@ version(X11) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if(auto ptr = atom in window.impl.setSelectionHandlers) {
+			if(auto txt = (cast(X11SetSelectionHandler_Text) *ptr)) {
+				// we already have it! short circuit everything
+
+				// sdpyPrintDebugString("short circuit in get");
+				handler(cast(char[]) txt.text_original);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+
 		window.impl.getSelectionHandlers[atom] = new X11GetSelectionHandler_Text(handler);
 
 		auto target = GetAtom!"TARGETS"(display);
@@ -15789,6 +15822,7 @@ version(X11) {
 
 		switch(e.type) {
 		  case EventType.SelectionClear:
+		  	// writeln("SelectionClear");
 		  	if(auto win = e.xselectionclear.window in SimpleWindow.nativeMapping) {
 				// FIXME so it is supposed to finish any in progress transfers... but idk...
 				// writeln("SelectionClear");
@@ -15805,7 +15839,7 @@ version(X11) {
 			}
 		  break;
 		  case EventType.PropertyNotify:
-			// printf("PropertyNotify %s %d\n", XGetAtomName(e.xproperty.display, e.xproperty.atom), e.xproperty.state);
+			// import core.stdc.stdio; printf("PropertyNotify %s %d\n", XGetAtomName(e.xproperty.display, e.xproperty.atom), e.xproperty.state);
 
 			foreach(ssh; SimpleWindow.impl.setSelectionHandlers) {
 				if(ssh.matchesIncr(e.xproperty.window, e.xproperty.atom) && e.xproperty.state == PropertyNotification.PropertyDelete)
@@ -15849,8 +15883,9 @@ version(X11) {
 			}
 		  break;
 		  case EventType.SelectionNotify:
-		  	if(auto win = e.xselection.requestor in SimpleWindow.nativeMapping)
-		  	if(auto handler = e.xproperty.atom in win.getSelectionHandlers) {
+		  	// import std.stdio; writefln("SelectionNotify %06x %06x", e.xselection.requestor, e.xproperty.atom);
+			if(auto win = e.xselection.requestor in SimpleWindow.nativeMapping)
+			if(auto handler = e.xproperty.atom in win.getSelectionHandlers) {
 				if(e.xselection.property == None) { // || e.xselection.property == GetAtom!("NULL", true)(e.xselection.display)) {
 					XUnlockDisplay(display);
 					scope(exit) XLockDisplay(display);
@@ -15924,7 +15959,7 @@ version(X11) {
 					*/
 				}
 			}
-		  break;
+			break;
 		  case EventType.ConfigureNotify:
 			auto event = e.xconfigure;
 		 	if(auto win = event.window in SimpleWindow.nativeMapping) {
@@ -18413,8 +18448,7 @@ struct Visual
 		}
 
 		override void scrollWheel(NSEvent event) @selector("scrollWheel:") {
-			import std.stdio;
-			writeln(event.deltaY);
+			// import std.stdio; writeln(event.deltaY);
 		}
 
 		override void keyDown(NSEvent event) @selector("keyDown:") {
@@ -20064,12 +20098,12 @@ unittest {
 		7, 8
 	]);
 
-	import std.conv;
+	//import std.conv;
 	m *= m2;
 	assert(m.data == [
 		19, 22,
 		43, 50
-	], to!string(m.data));
+	]);//, to!string(m.data));
 }
 
 
@@ -23023,7 +23057,9 @@ __gshared bool librariesSuccessfullyLoaded = true;
 __gshared bool openGlLibrariesSuccessfullyLoaded = true;
 
 private mixin template DynamicLoadSupplementalOpenGL(Iface) {
-	mixin(staticForeachReplacement!Iface);
+	// mixin(staticForeachReplacement!Iface);
+        static foreach(name; __traits(derivedMembers, Iface))
+                mixin("__gshared typeof(&__traits(getMember, Iface, name)) " ~ name ~ ";");
 
 	void loadDynamicLibrary() @nogc {
 		(cast(void function() @nogc) &loadDynamicLibraryForReal)();
@@ -23038,6 +23074,7 @@ private mixin template DynamicLoadSupplementalOpenGL(Iface) {
         }
 }
 
+/+
 private const(char)[] staticForeachReplacement(Iface)() pure {
 /*
 	// just this for gdc 9....
@@ -23067,9 +23104,12 @@ private const(char)[] staticForeachReplacement(Iface)() pure {
 
 	return code[0 .. pos];
 }
++/
 
 private mixin template DynamicLoad(Iface, string library, int majorVersion, alias success) {
-	mixin(staticForeachReplacement!Iface);
+	//mixin(staticForeachReplacement!Iface);
+        static foreach(name; __traits(derivedMembers, Iface))
+                mixin("__gshared typeof(&__traits(getMember, Iface, name)) " ~ name ~ ";");
 
 	private __gshared void* libHandle;
 	private __gshared bool attempted;