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bug#11361: 24.1.50; doc string of `yank-pop-change-selection'
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#11361: 24.1.50; doc string of `yank-pop-change-selection' |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:35:41 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> "if you change `yank-pop-change-selection' to `t', then `M-y' saves
>> the new yank to the clipboard."
>>
>> That at least is clear.
>
> Is it? What is a "yank"? what is a "clipboard"? And why an option is
> called yank-pop-change-SELECTION when it affects the clipboard? Etc.,
> etc., ad nauseam.
Pretty much.
I added a reference to `interprogram-cut-function' to the docstring,
which should clarify somewhat. Closing the bug.
- bug#11361: 24.1.50; doc string of `yank-pop-change-selection',
Chong Yidong <=