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authorGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>1999-11-12 13:09:37 +0000
committerGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>1999-11-12 13:09:37 +0000
commit1b270b55c0d8f27fa9ef114636145d3a0f135e69 (patch)
tree2676369e7f5c637442c1e4244f9f64a8af1c8258 /lisp/select.el
parent8f011fdca9778f08060bf9a1a977635e1e5281a3 (diff)
downloademacs-1b270b55c0d8f27fa9ef114636145d3a0f135e69.tar.gz
(x-set-selection): Call buffer-substring, not
substring. Also fix docstring
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diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el
index 3933efdd1a8..b27287e4b4d 100644
--- 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)))