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master 27b817ad32: ; * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Drag and Drop): Fix typo


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: master 27b817ad32: ; * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Drag and Drop): Fix typos and wording.
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:06:54 -0400 (EDT)

branch: master
commit 27b817ad327d6c51286e19c27f001736eb9a4087
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Drag and Drop): Fix typos and wording.
---
 doc/lispref/frames.texi | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
index b4cd611bff..b3f1a29ae8 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
@@ -4078,7 +4078,7 @@ performed for the drop, which is one of the symbols 
@code{copy},
 
 If @var{action} is @var{private}, then it means the program that
 initiated the drop wants Emacs to perform an unspecified action with
-the URL; a reasonable action to perform that case is to open the URL
+the URL; a reasonable action to perform in that case is to open the URL
 or copy its contents into the current buffer.  Otherwise, @var{action}
 has the same meaning as the @var{action} argument to
 @code{dnd-begin-file-drag}.
@@ -4100,13 +4100,13 @@ the variable @code{x-dnd-test-function} is called by 
Emacs to
 determine what to reply to any such inquiry.  The default value is
 @code{x-dnd-default-test-function}, which accepts drops if the type of
 the data to be dropped is present in @code{x-dnd-known-types}.
-Changing the the variables @code{x-dnd-test-function} and
+Changing the variables @code{x-dnd-test-function} and
 @code{x-dnd-known-types} can make Emacs accept or reject drops based
 on some other criteria.
 
 @vindex x-dnd-types-alist
   If you want to change the way Emacs receives drops of different data
-types, or enable it to understand a new type, change the variable
+types, or you want to enable it to understand a new type, change the variable
 @code{x-dnd-types-alist}.  Doing so correctly requires detailed
 knowledge of what data types other applications use for drag and drop.
 
@@ -4119,14 +4119,20 @@ example, the data type used for plain text may be either
 @code{"STRING"} or @code{"text/plain"}.
 
 @vindex x-dnd-direct-save-function
+@c FIXME: This description is overly-complicated and confusing.  In
+@c particular, the two calls to the function basically sound
+@c identical, so it is unclear how should the function distinguish
+@c between the first and the second one.  The description of who asks
+@c whom to do what is also very hard to understand.  Needs rewording,
+@c and needs shorter sentences.  Perhaps examples could help.
   However, @code{x-dnd-types-alist} does not handle a special kind of
 drop sent by a program that wants Emacs to tell it where to save a
 file in a specific location determined by the user.  These drops are
-instead handled by a function set as the value of the variable
-@code{x-dnd-direct-save-function}, which should accept two arguments.
+instead handled by a function that is the value of the variable
+@code{x-dnd-direct-save-function}.  This function should accept two arguments.
 If the first argument is non-@code{nil}, then the second argument is a
-string describing the name (with no directory name) that the other
-program recommends that the file should be saved under, and the
+file name to save (with leading directories) that the other
+program recommends, and the
 function should return the full file name under which it should be
 saved.  After the function completes, Emacs will ask the other program
 to save the file under the name that was returned, and if the file was



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