bug#66226: closed ([PATCH] gnu: xsel: Improve synopsis and description.)

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> [PATCH] gnu: xsel: Improve synopsis and description.
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> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:54:44 +0200
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> * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (xsel): Improve synopsis and description.
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>  gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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> diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
> index 086330dfa4..e0120310f0 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
> @@ -1842,14 +1842,14 @@ (define-public xsel
>        (inputs
>         (list libxt))
>        (home-page "https://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/";)
> -      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection")
> +      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection, i.e. clipboard from the command line")
>        (description
>         "XSel is a command-line program for getting and setting the contents of
> -the X selection.  Normally this is only accessible by manually highlighting
> -information and pasting it with the middle mouse button.
> +the X selection, i.e. clipboard.  Normally this is only accessible by manually
> +highlighting information and pasting it with the middle mouse button.
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> -XSel reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default,
> -but can also follow a growing file, display contents, delete entries and 
> more.")
> +XSel reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default, but
> +can also follow a growing file, display contents, delete entries and more.")
>        (license (license:x11-style "file://COPYING"
>                                    "See COPYING in the distribution.")))))
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> base-commit: 15fdeaeb2d4df755811db92cc7c3c7cb19155dec
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> 2.41.0
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> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:48:25 +0200
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> Hi Rostislav,
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> On 2023-09-27 10:54, Rostislav Svoboda wrote:
> > +      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection, i.e. clipboard from the 
> > command line")
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> I changed this to ‘and/or’, since ‘i.e.’ would imply that the selection 
> and clipboard are the same.
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> While xsel does also support the clipboard, it won't touch it by default 
> unless you explicitly pass the ‘--clipboard’ option.  Only the (primary) 
> ‘--selection’ is the default.  After all, it's xsel, not xclip.
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> I also added the modified fields to the commit message like so:
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>   * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (xsel)[synopsis, description]: …
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> and pushed to master as 4528fd6bbeed097d7c6871dbc5268502444755cd.
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> Thanks!
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> T G-R
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> Sent from a Web browser.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
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