From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: weird documentation Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:33:00 +0900 Message-ID: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236072824 23507 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2009 09:33:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:33:44 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 03 10:35:01 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 1LeR1c-000184-Th for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:34:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeR0H-0005zt-P9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:33:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeQzy-0005sJ-FP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LeQzu-0005pa-2N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:33:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37341 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LeQzt-0005pI-Oa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:33:09 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:41623) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LeQzq-00087J-DR; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:33:07 -0500 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n239X1nn028673; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:33:01 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:33:01 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.240] [10.114.112.240]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:33:00 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id BF01C52E259; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:33:00 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Original-Lines: 30 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:109401 Archived-At: 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... Thanks, -Miles -- Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.