[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/src/xselect.c,v

[Kenichi Handa]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Kenichi Handa <handa>   07/03/06 06:11:01

Index: xselect.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/src/xselect.c,v
retrieving revision 1.167
retrieving revision 1.168
diff -u -b -r1.167 -r1.168
--- xselect.c   21 Jan 2007 04:18:14 -0000      1.167
+++ xselect.c   6 Mar 2007 06:11:01 -0000       1.168
@@ -2975,8 +2975,17 @@
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("selection-coding-system", &Vselection_coding_system,
               doc: /* Coding system for communicating with other X clients.
-When sending or receiving text via selection and clipboard, the text is
-encoded or decoded by this coding system.
+
+When sending text via selection and clipboard, if the requested
+data-type is not "UTF8_STRING", the text is encoded by this coding
+system.
+
+When receiving text, if the data-type of the received text is not
+"UTF8_STRING", it is decoded by this coding system.
+
+See also the documentation of the variable `x-select-request-type' how
+to control which data-type to request for receiving text.
+
 The default value is `compound-text-with-extensions'.  */);
   Vselection_coding_system = intern ("compound-text-with-extensions");