




The function 
selection-empty
 returns 
nil
 if there is a primary selection of the kind indicated by 
format
, or 
t
 if there is no such selection.
format controls what kind of object is checked. The following values of format are recognized:
The object is a string. This the default value.
The object is of type image, converted from whatever format the platform supports.
The object is the Lisp value.