From: Po Lu Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:50:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Revise selection documentation X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fda07b56d9e985b6ae74a6845453b55da0345e3c;p=emacs.git Revise selection documentation * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Window System Selections): (X Selections): * lisp/select.el (selection-coding-system): Correct misunderstandings about the nature of selection-coding-system under X. --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi index 1a7af04b103..ef5ed146015 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi @@ -4058,11 +4058,12 @@ is used to encode selection data, and takes effect on MS-DOS, MS-Windows and X@. Under MS-DOS and MS-Windows, it is the coding system by which all -clipboard text will be encoded and decoded, whereas on X it merely -supplies the EOL format of the selection text sent in response to a -request for text encoded by a matching coding system; which is to say -that if its value is @code{utf-8-dos}, it will influence requests for -@code{UTF8_STRING} data, but not those for @code{STRING}. +non-ASCII clipboard text will be encoded and decoded; if set under X, +it provides the coding system calls to @code{gui-get-selection} will +decode selection data for a subset of text data types by, and also +forces replies to selection requests for the polymorphic @code{TEXT} +data type to be encoded by the @code{compound-text-with-extensions} +coding system rather than Unicode. Its default value is the system code page under MS-Windows 95, 98 or Me, @code{utf-16le-dos} under NT/W2K/XP, @code{iso-latin-1-dos} on @@ -4154,12 +4155,12 @@ format and data type to convert the data transferred by the selection owner to a Lisp representation, which @code{gui-get-selection} returns. - By default, Emacs converts selection data consisting of any series -of bytes to a unibyte string holding those bytes, that consisting of a -single 16-bit or 32-bit word as an unsigned number, and that -consisting of multiple such words as a vector of unsigned numbers. -However, Emacs applies special treatment for data from the following -conversion targets: + Emacs converts selection data consisting of any series of bytes to a +unibyte string holding those bytes, that consisting of a single 16-bit +or 32-bit word as an unsigned number, and that consisting of multiple +such words as a vector of unsigned numbers. The exceptions to this +general pattern are that Emacs applies special treatment for data from +the following conversion targets: @table @code @item INTEGER @@ -4384,8 +4385,8 @@ This selection converter returns selection data as: @itemize @bullet @item A string of type @code{C_STRING}, if the selection contents contain no -multibyte characters, or contains 8-bit characters with all 8 bits -set. +multibyte characters, or contain ``raw 8-bit bytes'' (@pxref{Text +Representations}). @item A string of type @code{STRING}, if the selection contents can be diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el index 09c678867d0..f62f7b07239 100644 --- a/lisp/select.el +++ b/lisp/select.el @@ -49,27 +49,28 @@ the current system default encoding on 9x/Me, `utf-16le-dos' \(Unicode) on NT/W2K/XP, and `iso-latin-1-dos' on MS-DOS. For X Windows: -When sending text via selection and clipboard, if the target -data-type matches this coding system according to the table -below, it is used for encoding the text. Otherwise (including -the case that this variable is nil), a proper coding system is -selected as below: - -data-type coding system ---------- ------------- -UTF8_STRING utf-8 -COMPOUND_TEXT compound-text-with-extensions -STRING iso-latin-1 -C_STRING raw-text-unix - -When receiving text, if this coding system is non-nil, it is used -for decoding regardless of the data-type. If this is nil, a -proper coding system is used according to the data-type as above. -See also the documentation of the variable `x-select-request-type' how -to control which data-type to request for receiving text. +This coding system replaces that of the default coding system +selection text is encoded by in reaction to a request for the +polymorphic `TEXT' selection target when its base coding system +is compatible with `compound-text' and the text being encoded +cannot be rendered Latin-1 without loss of information. + +It also replaces the coding system by which calls to +`gui-get-selection' decode selection requests for text data +types, which are enumerated below beside their respective coding +systems otherwise used. + +DATA TYPE CODING SYSTEM +-------------------------- ------------- +UTF8_STRING utf-8 +text/plain\\;charset=utf-8 utf-8 +COMPOUND_TEXT compound-text-with-extensions +STRING iso-latin-1 +C_STRING raw-text-unix -The default value is nil." +See also the documentation of the variable `x-select-request-type' how +to control which data-type to request for receiving text." :type 'coding-system :group 'mule ;; Default was compound-text-with-extensions in 22.x (pre-unicode).