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-rw-r--r--lisp/term/xterm.el12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c505241e4c6..b6d33739e2a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2012-03-31 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+ * term/xterm.el (xterm-extra-capabilities): Doc fix.
+
* language/indian.el ("Devanagari"): Fix typo. (Bug#11103)
* calendar/calendar.el (calendar-window-list)
diff --git a/lisp/term/xterm.el b/lisp/term/xterm.el
index eea6d767512..7e56cd9fa1d 100644
--- a/lisp/term/xterm.el
+++ b/lisp/term/xterm.el
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@
:group 'emacs)
(defcustom xterm-extra-capabilities 'check
- "Set to a list if the XTerm supports modifyOtherKeys or
-reporting the background color. Set to 'check to check for those
-features. Set to nil to skip the checks."
+ "Whether Xterm supports some additional, more modern, features.
+If nil, just assume that it does not.
+If `check', try to check if it does.
+If a list, assume that the listed features are supported, without checking.
+
+The relevant features are:
+ modifyOtherKeys -- if supported, more key bindings work (e.g, \"\\C-,\")
+ reportBackground -- if supported, Xterm reports its background color
+"
:version "24.1"
:group 'xterm
:type '(choice (const :tag "No" nil)