Variable: next-selection-coding-system

next-selection-coding-system is a variable defined in select.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Coding system for the next communication with other programs.

Usually, selection-coding-system is used for communicating with other programs (X Windows clients or MS Windows programs). But, if this variable is set, it is used for the next communication only. After the communication, this variable is set to nil.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/select.el.gz
(defvar next-selection-coding-system nil
  "Coding system for the next communication with other programs.
Usually, `selection-coding-system' is used for communicating with
other programs (X Windows clients or MS Windows programs).  But, if this
variable is set, it is used for the next communication only.
After the communication, this variable is set to nil.")