From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15109: 24.3.50; doc of `x-get-selection, `selection-converter-alist', `xselect-convert-to-*' Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:36:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: 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>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392068244 7427 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2014 21:37:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 15109@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 10 22:37:31 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 1WCyXi-0006Yp-Lf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:37:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyXi-0007Tb-B5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:37:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45465) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyXP-0007CH-KM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:37:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyXG-0000yG-Th for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:37:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyXG-0000yA-An for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:37:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyXF-0008BT-TC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:37:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15109 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15109-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15109.139206818331404 (code B ref 15109); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15109) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2014 21:36:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41917 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyWd-0008AR-0K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:36:23 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:18499) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCyWb-0008AC-8i for 15109@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:36:21 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s1ALaDIh013458 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:36:14 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1ALaCMM010101 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:36:13 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1ALaCGO010092; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:36:12 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83zjlyubjn.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] 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:85318 Archived-At: > 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? 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.