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diff --git a/src/dispnew.c b/src/dispnew.c index f9729fc28cb..44dad60473d 100644 --- a/src/dispnew.c +++ b/src/dispnew.c @@ -6583,13 +6583,29 @@ It is up to you to set this variable if your terminal can do that. */); DEFVAR_LISP ("initial-window-system", &Vinitial_window_system, doc: /* Name of the window system that Emacs uses for the first frame. -The value is a symbol--for instance, `x' for X windows. -The value is nil if Emacs is using a text-only terminal. */); +The value is a symbol: + nil for a termcap frame (a character-only terminal), + 'x' for an Emacs frame that is really an X window, + 'w32' for an Emacs frame that is a window on MS-Windows display, + 'ns' for an Emacs frame on a GNUstep or Macintosh Cocoa display, + 'pc' for a direct-write MS-DOS frame. + +Use of this variable as a boolean is deprecated. Instead, +use `display-graphic-p' or any of the other `display-*-p' +predicates which report frame's specific UI-related capabilities. */); DEFVAR_KBOARD ("window-system", Vwindow_system, doc: /* Name of window system through which the selected frame is displayed. -The value is a symbol--for instance, `x' for X windows. -The value is nil if the selected frame is on a text-only-terminal. */); +The value is a symbol: + nil for a termcap frame (a character-only terminal), + 'x' for an Emacs frame that is really an X window, + 'w32' for an Emacs frame that is a window on MS-Windows display, + 'ns' for an Emacs frame on a GNUstep or Macintosh Cocoa display, + 'pc' for a direct-write MS-DOS frame. + +Use of this variable as a boolean is deprecated. Instead, +use `display-graphic-p' or any of the other `display-*-p' +predicates which report frame's specific UI-related capabilities. */); DEFVAR_LISP ("window-system-version", &Vwindow_system_version, doc: /* The version number of the window system in use. |