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Diffstat (limited to 'src/xselect.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/xselect.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c index f34b62c8700..cb00903c41e 100644 --- a/src/xselect.c +++ b/src/xselect.c @@ -3007,8 +3007,17 @@ it merely informs you that they have happened. */); 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"); |