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bug#11361: 24.1.50; doc string of `yank-pop-change-selection'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#11361: 24.1.50; doc string of `yank-pop-change-selection' |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:58:29 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:18:24 -0700
>
> This is the entire doc string:
>
> "If non-nil, rotating the kill ring changes the window system
> selection."
>
> That is worthless, to use a polite word.
I don't know why you decided to go after this doc string. It is quite
clear.
> What on earth does "changes the window system selection"?
Would "sets the window system's primary selection" be clearer?
> What is "the window system selection"?
"Selection" is widely accepted terminology. From the Emacs Glossary:
Primary Selection
The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.); it is
the selection that most X applications use for transferring text
to and from other applications.
The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank
command uses the primary selection when appropriate. *Note
Killing::.
> How is it changed by setting this to non-nil? What do nil and non-nil
> actually do?
The nil value doesn't do anything, obviously.