Fix Bug#3888:

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / w32-vars.el

diff --git a/lisp/w32-vars.el b/lisp/w32-vars.el
index 4ac2b7f..48fd297 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/w32-vars.el
+++ b/lisp/w32-vars.el
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ menu if the variable `w32-use-w32-font-dialog' is nil."
 
 (defcustom x-select-enable-clipboard t
   "Non-nil means cutting and pasting uses the clipboard.
-This is in addition 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)