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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-03-31 13:22:04 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-03-31 13:22:04 -0700
commit40f86458ccc6edbfd82c0b430fa24c627623321f (patch)
tree23f8b818cfdf2bca7af9852d021e26c7696b825e /lisp/term
parent7019c1775eea9cb100e97bceb3e8048e253c08fb (diff)
downloademacs-40f86458ccc6edbfd82c0b430fa24c627623321f.tar.gz
Doc fix for xterm-extra-capabilities
* lisp/term/xterm.el (xterm-extra-capabilities): Doc fix. * etc/PROBLEMS: Mention xterm-extra-capabilities issue.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/term')
-rw-r--r--lisp/term/xterm.el12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/term/xterm.el b/lisp/term/xterm.el
index eea6d767512..7e56cd9fa1d 100644
--- a/lisp/term/xterm.el
+++ b/lisp/term/xterm.el
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@
:group 'emacs)
(defcustom xterm-extra-capabilities 'check
- "Set to a list if the XTerm supports modifyOtherKeys or
-reporting the background color. Set to 'check to check for those
-features. Set to nil to skip the checks."
+ "Whether Xterm supports some additional, more modern, features.
+If nil, just assume that it does not.
+If `check', try to check if it does.
+If a list, assume that the listed features are supported, without checking.
+
+The relevant features are:
+ modifyOtherKeys -- if supported, more key bindings work (e.g, \"\\C-,\")
+ reportBackground -- if supported, Xterm reports its background color
+"
:version "24.1"
:group 'xterm
:type '(choice (const :tag "No" nil)