Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: selection-coding-system

[Stefan Monnier]

> If I do `C-h C RET' I get that error, and doing describe-variable on
> `selection-coding-system' gives:

>    selection-coding-system is a variable defined in `C source code'.
>    It is void as a variable.

> Clicking on the `C source code' link results in an error: Search failed:
> "Vselection-coding-system "

> I see that selection-coding-system _is_ defined, using defcustom, in
> lisp/select.el, and was removed from C code on 2008-02-01, but something
> apparently still thinks it's defined in C code...

> Emacs is from CVS trunk, checked out about an hour ago, compiled with
> "make bootstrap".

I cannot reproduce this, do you still see it?  Can someone else
reproduce it?  Are you using a non-X11 build or somesuch?


        Stefan