(set-selection-coding-system): Make it

interactive.
(last-next-selection-coding-system): New variable.
(set-next-selection-coding-system): New function.

diff --git a/lisp/international/mule.el b/lisp/international/mule.el
index d6ea0b461975431bca8c9ab5e34790ded3262d58..7544bf5b2347d4ee898981131cf9a6e57564fa73 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/international/mule.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule.el
@@ -759,9 +759,31 @@ For a list of possible values of CODING-SYSTEM, use \\[list-coding-systems]."
   "Make CODING-SYSTEM used for communicating with other X clients .
 When sending or receiving text via cut_buffer, selection, and clipboard,
 the text is encoded or decoded by CODING-SYSTEM."
+  (interactive "zCoding system for X selection: ")
   (check-coding-system coding-system)
   (setq selection-coding-system coding-system))
 
+;; Coding system lastly specfied by the command
+;; set-next-selection-coding-system.
+(defvar last-next-selection-coding-system nil)
+
+(defun set-next-selection-coding-system (coding-system)
+  "Make CODING-SYSTEM used for the next communication with other X clients.
+This setting is effective for the next communication only."
+  (interactive
+   (list (read-coding-system
+         (if last-next-selection-coding-system
+             (format "Coding system for the next X selection (default, %S): "
+                     last-next-selection-coding-system)
+           "Coding system for the next X selection: ")
+         last-next-selection-coding-system)))
+  (if coding-system
+      (setq last-next-selection-coding-system coding-system)
+    (setq coding-system last-next-selection-coding-system))
+  (check-coding-system coding-system)
+
+  (setq next-selection-coding-system coding-system))
+
 (defun set-coding-priority (arg)
   "Set priority of coding categories according to LIST.
 LIST is a list of coding categories ordered by priority."