branch: elpa/evil
commit faee2de4ac49da94798ca1eb9d18a2028759d3e1
Author: Elliott Shugerman <eeshuger...@gmail.com>
Commit: Tom Dalziel <33435574+tomd...@users.noreply.github.com>
flesh out comment
---
evil-common.el | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/evil-common.el b/evil-common.el
index afa731eadd..4afbeeb9c3 100644
--- a/evil-common.el
+++ b/evil-common.el
@@ -2150,7 +2150,10 @@ The following special registers are supported.
(let ((what (if (eq register ?*) 'PRIMARY 'CLIPBOARD)))
(if (version<= "29" emacs-version)
(gui--selection-value-internal what)
- ;; the following code is modified from
`x-selection-value-internal'
+ ;; The following code is based on
`x-selection-value-internal'
+ ;; (now `gui--selection-value-internal') circa Emacs 24.
We're
+ ;; unsure why exactly it's duplicated here, and it's possible
+ ;; it needn't be for newer versions of Emacs.
(let ((request-type (or (and (boundp 'x-select-request-type)
x-select-request-type)
'(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT STRING)))
