[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi,v

[Eli Zaretskii]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Eli Zaretskii <eliz>    07/11/17 10:32:49

Index: mule.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- mule.texi   16 Nov 2007 04:30:14 -0000      1.3
+++ mule.texi   17 Nov 2007 10:32:49 -0000      1.4
@@ -1087,13 +1087,18 @@
 coding system for the next selection made in Emacs or read by Emacs.
 
 @vindex x-select-request-type
-  The variable @code{x-select-request-type} specifies a data type of
-selection to request for receiving the text from the other
-applications.  The default value is nil, which means Emacs tries
-`COMPOUND_TEXT' and `UTF8_STRING', and use the more appropriate
-result.  You can explicitly specify the data type by setting the
-variable to one of the followings:
-  `COMPOUND_TEXT', `UTF8_STRING', `STRING', `TEXT'
+  The variable @code{x-select-request-type} specifies the data type to
+request from the X Window System for receiving text selections from
+other applications.  If the value is @code{nil} (the default), Emacs
+tries @code{COMPOUND_TEXT} and @code{UTF8_STRING}, in this order, and
+uses various heuristics to choose the more appropriate of the two
+results; if none of these succeed, Emacs falls back on @code{STRING}.
+If the value of @code{x-select-request-type} is one of the symbols
address@hidden, @code{UTF8_STRING}, @code{STRING}, or
address@hidden, Emacs uses only that request type.  If the value is a
+list of some of these symbols, Emacs tries only the request types in
+the list, in order, until one of them succeeds, or until the list is
+exhausted.
 
 @kindex C-x RET p
 @findex set-buffer-process-coding-system