From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <83eh3atj6k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r47e2nkm.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87a9dzy9hk.fsf@building.gnus.org> <601544f2-1018-4a52-9aca-6b0d815ab7d9@default> <87y51jwuco.fsf@building.gnus.org> <63fb8060-d4e0-4a2b-a506-6c758acee56d@default> <83zjlyubjn.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392089833 8291 80.91.229.3 (11 Feb 2014 03:37:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:37:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 15109-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 11 04:37:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49v-0002yf-Qo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:37:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59286 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49v-0003j7-FR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58713) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49l-0003hq-5i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49e-0004eh-Rt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34363) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49e-0004eX-Ov for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD49e-0001Oa-Hh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:02 -0500 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 15109 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 15109@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 15109-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D15109.13920897925307 (code D ref 15109); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15109-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2014 03:36:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42255 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD496-0001NT-VB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:36:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:55555) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD491-0001ND-Eu for 15109-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:36:27 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N0T00F00BA6ER00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for 15109-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:37:18 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N0T00CLEBE6WQ20@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:37:18 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85347 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:36:12 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > 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.