(x-colors, x-select-enable-clipboard): Doc fix.

4 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/term/common-win.el b/lisp/term/common-win.el
index 4858e47d0ec..abf3afd1554 100644
--- a/lisp/term/common-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/common-win.el
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ This function returns ARGS minus the arguments that have been processed."
     "cyan" "medium spring green" "spring green" "green" "lawn green" "chartreuse"
     "yellow" "gold" "orange" "dark orange" "orange red" "red" "white" "white smoke"
     "gainsboro" "light grey" "gray" "dark grey" "dim gray" "black" )
-  "List of available colors for graphical frames.
+  "List of basic colors available on color displays.
 For X, the list comes from the `rgb.txt' file,v 10.41 94/02/20.
 For Nextstep, this is a list of non-PANTONE colors returned by
 the operating system.")
diff --git a/lisp/term/ns-win.el b/lisp/term/ns-win.el
index bca350311cd..bf8b00123f5 100644
--- a/lisp/term/ns-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/ns-win.el
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ On Nextstep, put TEXT in the pasteboard; PUSH is ignored."
 (declare-function ns-list-colors "nsfns.m" (&optional frame))
 
 (defvar x-colors (ns-list-colors)
-  "List of available colors for graphical frames.
+  "List of basic colors available on color displays.
 For X, the list comes from the `rgb.txt' file,v 10.41 94/02/20.
 For Nextstep, this is a list of non-PANTONE colors returned by
 the operating system.")
diff --git a/lisp/term/pc-win.el b/lisp/term/pc-win.el
index 4f4cb568a3e..39bf5f17254 100644
--- a/lisp/term/pc-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/pc-win.el
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ created."
 On X, the display name of individual X frames is recorded in the
 `display' frame parameter.")
 (defvar x-colors (mapcar 'car msdos-color-values)
-  "List of available colors for graphical frames.
+  "List of basic colors available on color displays.
 For X, the list comes from the `rgb.txt' file,v 10.41 94/02/20.
 For Nextstep, this is a list of non-PANTONE colors returned by
 the operating system.")
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ the operating system.")
 
 (defcustom x-select-enable-clipboard t
   "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
-This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection."
+This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection.
+
+On MS-Windows, this is non-nil by default, since Windows does not
+support other types of selections.  \(The primary selection that is
+set by Emacs is not accessible to other programs on Windows.\)"
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'killing)
 
diff --git a/lisp/term/x-win.el b/lisp/term/x-win.el
index 5443b81f0bd..17c0f3aef93 100644
--- a/lisp/term/x-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/x-win.el
@@ -1239,7 +1239,11 @@ It is said that overlarge strings are slow to put into the cut buffer.")
 
 (defcustom x-select-enable-clipboard nil
   "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
-This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection."
+This is in addition to, but in preference to, the primary selection.
+
+On MS-Windows, this is non-nil by default, since Windows does not
+support other types of selections.  \(The primary selection that is
+set by Emacs is not accessible to other programs on Windows.\)"
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'killing)