(x-set-selection): Call buffer-substring, not

substring.  Also fix docstring

diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el
index 3933efdd1a884896e7dd382369fc0d572595b504..b27287e4b4dca6b220222beac50c877c92ab83bb 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/select.el
+++ b/lisp/select.el
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ can alter the effective value of the selection.
 
 The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values.
 
-Interactively, the text of the region is used as the selection value."
+Interactively, the text of the region is used as the selection value
+if the prefix arg is set."
   (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
                   (list 'PRIMARY (read-string "Set text for pasting: "))
-                (list 'PRIMARY (substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
+                (list 'PRIMARY (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
   ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
   (if (stringp type)
       (setq type (intern type)))