bug#3888: marked as done (Some variables get the wrong, platform-specific, documentation)

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regarding Some variables get the wrong, platform-specific, documentation
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> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:21:00 -0400
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.96.1 on GNU/Linux:
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> emacs -Q
> C-h v x-select-enable-clipboard
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>     x-select-enable-clipboard is a variable defined in `x-win.el'.
>     Its value is nil
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>     Documentation:
>     Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
>     This is the default on this system, since MS-Windows does not
>     support other types of selections.
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> I guess this is because term/pc-win.elc is now in SOME_MACHINE_LISP in
> src/Makefile.in. (It was not there in Emacs 22.)
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> Similarly, from ns-win.el, we get the following in GNU/Linux under X:
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>     x-display-name:
>     The name of the Nextstep display on which Emacs was started.
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>     x-setup-function-keys:
>     Set up function Keys for Nextstep for frame FRAME.
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>     x-select-text:
>     Put TEXT, a string, on the pasteboard.
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>     x-colors:
>     The list of colors defined in non-PANTONE color files.
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>     xw-defined-colors:
>     Return a list of colors supported for a particular frame.
>     The argument FRAME specifies which frame to try.
>     The value may be different for frames on different Nextstep displays.
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> > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:59:52 +0300
> > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> > Cc: 3888@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
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> > > From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
> > > Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>, 3888@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> > > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:33:28 -0400
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> > > As a work-around, I changed the affected doc-strings so that the
> > > different versions all say the same thing.  Eli, could you check if this
> > > works OK on Windows?
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> > It works on Windows, thanks.
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> > However:
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> >  . the doc string of x-select-enable-clipboard:
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> >      (defcustom x-select-enable-clipboard t
> >        "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
> >     -This is in addition to the primary selection."
> >     +This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection."
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> >    should IMO say that on Windows this is the default, and perhaps
> >    also that primary selection is not accessible to other programs
> >    there.
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> >  . the doc string of x-colors:
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> >      (defvar x-colors (mapcar 'car msdos-color-values)
> >     -  "The list of colors available on a PC display under MS-DOS.")
> >     +  "List of available colors for graphical frames.
> >     +For X, the list comes from the `rgb.txt' file,v 10.41 94/02/20.
> >     +For Nextstep, this is a list of non-PANTONE colors returned by
> >     +the operating system.")
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> >    incorrectly says that these are colors for graphical frames, which
> >    the MS-DOS display isn't.
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> >  . you didn't add doc strings to x-set-selection and x-get-selection
> >    on w32-fns.el -- was that on purpose?
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> I fixed all these problems on the branch now.
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