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bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*' |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:36:03 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:36:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 15109@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > I see no reason to have selection-converter-alist documented
> > on Windows, since the functionality it encompasses is not available
> > there, and the DATA-TYPE argument to x-get-selection is completely
> > ignored on MS-Windows.
>
> In that case, why define `selection-converter-alist' at all on
> Windows? And why not rename it to `x-selection-converter-alist',
> if it is X-specific?
I explained why: because we must have identical doc strings for these
on all platforms, due to limitations of how the DOC file is built and
used.
> On the other hand, although `x-get-selection' has that prefix,
> it _is_ defined and used on Windows. Likewise, `x-set-selection'.
> Code that makes use of the secondary selection will make use of
> such functions, for instance.
>
> So maybe they should lose their `x-' prefix (or suitable unprefixed
> synonyms or wrapper functions be provided).
>
> IOW, things do not seem so cut-and-dried as you describe them.
> In the past we have renamed `x-defined-colors' to `defined-colors' etc.
> Sounds like maybe some more such cleanup is in order.
Could be. But that's a different issue. This one is done.
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2014/02/08
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Drew Adams, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Drew Adams, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Drew Adams, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Drew Adams, 2014/02/09
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Eli Zaretskii, 2014/02/10
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Drew Adams, 2014/02/10
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*',
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*', Stefan Monnier, 2014/02/10