From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#47032: 26.3; doc of `interprogram-paste-function' Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:55:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83blbrp3rq.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7572"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 47032@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 10 13:56:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyNm-0001dC-RP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:56:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38004 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyNl-0000nv-QN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyNf-0000na-2G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37543) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyNe-0005FE-GK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyNe-0003xr-FP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47032 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 47032-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47032.161538092815199 (code B ref 47032); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47032) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Mar 2021 12:55:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49089 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyN5-0003x3-Qa for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:55:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50928) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyN4-0003ws-Hf for 47032@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60365) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyMz-0004tT-3U; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:55:21 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4584 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lJyMm-000505-DU; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:55:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 9 Mar 2021 23:46:37 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:201969 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 23:46:37 +0000 > > The doc string and (elisp) `Low-Level Kill Ring' say that the function > value of this var can return a "list of strings", to support window > systems that support multiple selections. Not "can", "may". > Is this a Lisp list of file-name strings? Of course. What other kind of list could be alluded to in the ELisp manual? > What kind of multiselection in MS Windows would result in such a > list being obtained and returned by the function value of the var? MS Windows doesn't support selections at all, it only supports the clipboard. > And if that really was what was meant by a "list of strings" then maybe > that doc could be clarified, because the way it is now I expected a Lisp > list of strings that are (absolute) file names. It's hard to clarify what the manual says because this is not implemented yet in Emacs, see xselect.c (search for QMULTIPLE). In a nutshell, this is something we hope will be implemented some day, and if so, probably only for X selections.