Variable: x-select-request-type

x-select-request-type is a customizable variable defined in select.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Data type request for X selection.

The value is one of the following data types, a list of them, or nil:
  COMPOUND_TEXT, UTF8_STRING, STRING, TEXT, text/plain\;charset=utf-8

If the value is one of the above symbols, try only the specified type.

If the value is a list of them, try each of them in the specified order until succeed.

The value nil is the same as the list (UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT STRING text/plain\;charset=utf-8).

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/select.el.gz
(defcustom x-select-request-type nil
  "Data type request for X selection.
The value is one of the following data types, a list of them, or nil:
  `COMPOUND_TEXT', `UTF8_STRING', `STRING', `TEXT', `text/plain\\;charset=utf-8'

If the value is one of the above symbols, try only the specified type.

If the value is a list of them, try each of them in the specified
order until succeed.

The value nil is the same as the list (UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT STRING
text/plain\\;charset=utf-8)."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
		 (const COMPOUND_TEXT)
		 (const UTF8_STRING)
		 (const STRING)
		 (const TEXT)
                 (const text/plain\;charset=utf-8)
		 (set :tag "List of values"
		      (const COMPOUND_TEXT)
		      (const UTF8_STRING)
		      (const STRING)
		      (const TEXT)
                      (const text/plain\;charset=utf-8)))
  :group 'killing)