[bug#66226] [PATCH] gnu: xsel: Improve synopsis and description.

[bug#66226] [PATCH] gnu: xsel: Improve synopsis and description.

[Rostislav Svoboda]

* gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (xsel): Improve synopsis and description.
---
 gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index 086330dfa4..e0120310f0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -1842,14 +1842,14 @@ (define-public xsel
       (inputs
        (list libxt))
       (home-page "https://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/")
-      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection")
+      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection, i.e. clipboard from the command line")
       (description
        "XSel is a command-line program for getting and setting the contents of
-the X selection.  Normally this is only accessible by manually highlighting
-information and pasting it with the middle mouse button.
+the X selection, i.e. clipboard.  Normally this is only accessible by manually
+highlighting information and pasting it with the middle mouse button.
 
-XSel reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default,
-but can also follow a growing file, display contents, delete entries and more.")
+XSel reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default, but
+can also follow a growing file, display contents, delete entries and more.")
       (license (license:x11-style "file://COPYING"
                                   "See COPYING in the distribution.")))))
 

base-commit: 15fdeaeb2d4df755811db92cc7c3c7cb19155dec
-- 
2.41.0

bug#66226: [PATCH] gnu: xsel: Improve synopsis and description.

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via]

Hi Rostislav,

On 2023-09-27 10:54, Rostislav Svoboda wrote:
> +      (synopsis "Manipulate X selection, i.e. clipboard from the 
> command line")

I changed this to ‘and/or’, since ‘i.e.’ would imply that the selection 
and clipboard are the same.

While xsel does also support the clipboard, it won't touch it by default 
unless you explicitly pass the ‘--clipboard’ option.  Only the (primary) 
‘--selection’ is the default.  After all, it's xsel, not xclip.

I also added the modified fields to the commit message like so:

   * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (xsel)[synopsis, description]: …

and pushed to master as 4528fd6bbeed097d7c6871dbc5268502444755cd.

Thanks!

T G-R

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