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@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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@setfilename ../../info/text
@node Text, Non-ASCII Characters, Markers, Top
In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument.
+Self-insertion translates the input character through
+@code{translation-table-for-input}. @xref{Translation of Characters}.
+
This command calls @code{auto-fill-function} whenever that is
non-@code{nil} and the character inserted is in the table
@code{auto-fill-chars} (@pxref{Auto Filling}).
@code{current-kill} calls the value of
@code{interprogram-paste-function} (documented below) before
consulting the kill ring. If that value is a function and calling it
-returns a string, @code{current-kill} pushes that string onto the kill
-ring and returns it. It also sets the yanking pointer to point to
-that new entry, regardless of the value of @var{do-not-move}.
-Otherwise, @code{current-kill} does not treat a zero value for @var{n}
-specially: it returns the entry pointed at by the yanking pointer and
-does not move the yanking pointer.
+returns a string or a list of several string, @code{current-kill}
+pushes the strings onto the kill ring and returns the first string.
+It also sets the yanking pointer to point to the kill-ring entry of
+the first string returned by @code{interprogram-paste-function},
+regardless of the value of @var{do-not-move}. Otherwise,
+@code{current-kill} does not treat a zero value for @var{n} specially:
+it returns the entry pointed at by the yanking pointer and does not
+move the yanking pointer.
@end defun
@defun kill-new string &optional replace yank-handler
then that value is used as the ``most recent kill.'' If it returns
@code{nil}, then the front of the kill ring is used.
-The normal use of this hook is to get the window system's primary
+To facilitate support for window systems that support multiple
+selections, this function may also return a list of strings. In that
+case, the first string is used as the ``most recent kill'', and all
+the other strings are pushed onto the kill ring, for easy access by
+@code{yank-pop}.
+
+The normal use of this function is to get the window system's primary
selection as the most recent kill, even if the selection belongs to
-another application. @xref{Window System Selections}.
+another application. @xref{Window System Selections}. However, if
+the selection was provided by the current Emacs session, this function
+should return @code{nil}. (If it is hard to tell whether Emacs or
+some other program provided the selection, it should be good enough to
+use @code{string=} to compare it with the last text Emacs provided.)
@end defvar
@defvar interprogram-cut-function
argument to @code{x-set-cut-buffer} (@pxref{Definition of
x-set-cut-buffer}) and only affects the second and later cut buffers.
-The normal use of this hook is to set the window system's primary
+The normal use of this function is to set the window system's primary
selection (and first cut buffer) from the newly killed text.
@xref{Window System Selections}.
@end defvar