From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: weird documentation Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:59:20 +0800 Message-ID: <49AD1B98.2000700@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236081607 19469 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2009 12:00:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 03 13:01:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LeTJL-0002yE-9N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:01:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58838 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeTI0-0000QM-8W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:00:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeTHu-0000OG-Kt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeTHs-0000NO-L8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59975 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeTHs-0000ND-H1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:52 -0500 Original-Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.188]:30029) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LeTHq-0007dm-Qd; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:51 -0500 Original-Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j3so2978266tid.10 for ; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:59:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8VdXpFslVRmeI0kcSzshVAll1viW66o5G+QtV+/aH9o=; b=SzYGNyZx0wu0+Mh1GksT+QCNqdyf34IX9HIxVbQXDCDK1aLms+4H6/EFfZrZ7j1X3a 5kqU+AXobUm59yw33yAUi9Pa3rmGUeHrkEfDgZLtJsIy1APjfN2MOzz+YEuO1zNnqiVd cWuLRpACcGsZzwyXTdG8by/QB/4FkeOHH3d7M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ln4Wy3KNTRm7fLUo4pWibc14+pQ0CI2m58VLON0/V7/fugNShWPR8SifIcgeBq09rS uG5BxnArCZTVf9f3rCQyG6Cv4qPYJp+2d5ec7PwhsA8I/CHJlyawpL0GHbPssSU0NZGE VvciunWhi/blNzyQLlcO6VRaEbXMi4RJIBvxg= Original-Received: by 10.110.3.15 with SMTP id 15mr10314095tic.0.1236081587762; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:59:47 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?192.168.249.26? ([118.100.161.108]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm486227tim.29.2009.03.03.03.59.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:59:46 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109402 Archived-At: Miles Bader wrote: > GNU Emacs 23.0.91.7 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7) of 2009-03-03 on dhlpc061 > > If I do C-h v x-select-enable-clipboard RET, it says that variable comes > from the file .../x-win.el; and if look at the definition (following the > hyperlink in *Help*), indeed I see: > > (defcustom x-select-enable-clipboard nil > "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard. > This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection." > > Ok, great -- however the docstring given in *Help*, is _different_! It says: > > x-select-enable-clipboard is a variable defined in `x-win.el'. > Its value is t > > 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. > > That seems to be the docstring meant for MS windows, ... dunno how that > got in there... > Old DOC file perhaps? The variable has not had that docstring on Windows at least since it was moved to w32-vars.el in 2002.