If a list is provided, the types are tried in sequence until
there is a successful conversion.")
-(defvar selection-is-clipboard-p nil
+(defvar selection-sets-clipboard nil
"Controls the selection's relationship to the clipboard.
When non-nil, any operation that sets the primary selection will also
set the clipboard.")
"Return the value of one of the cut buffers.
This will do nothing under anything other than X.")
-(defun get-selection (&optional type data-type)
+(defun get-selection-no-error (&optional type data-type)
"Return the value of a Windows selection.
The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING', or `COMPOUND_TEXT' under Mule)
-says how to convert the data. If there is no selection an error is signalled."
- (let ((text (get-selection-no-error type data-type)))
- (when (not (stringp text))
- (error "Selection is not a string: %S" text))
- text))
+says how to convert the data. Returns NIL if there is no selection"
+ (condition-case err (get-selection type data-type) (t nil)))
-(defun get-selection-no-error (&optional type data-type)
+(defun get-selection (&optional type data-type)
"Return the value of a Windows selection.
The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING', or `COMPOUND_TEXT' under Mule)
-says how to convert the data. Returns NIL if there is no selection"
+says how to convert the data. If there is no selection an error is signalled."
(or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
(or data-type (setq data-type selected-text-type))
(let ((text
(get-selection-internal type data-type))))
(when (and (consp text) (symbolp (car text)))
(setq text (cdr text)))
+ (when (not (stringp text))
+ (error "Selection is not a string: %S" text))
text))
;; FSFmacs calls this `x-set-selection', and reverses the
(disown-selection-internal type)
(own-selection-internal type data)
(when (and (eq type 'PRIMARY)
- selection-is-clipboard-p)
+ selection-sets-clipboard)
(own-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD data)))
(cond ((eq type 'PRIMARY)
(setq primary-selection-extent