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| author | Eli Zaretskii | 2018-10-27 21:47:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii | 2018-10-27 21:47:59 +0300 |
| commit | d192c1671cbebb191165169c7add0ade6721e00e (patch) | |
| tree | 29b18b6ab323b3c96b02d87d5b258163f90bcdbd | |
| parent | df64da8eb845c9f07ee93bfbf28af41a01a2e83f (diff) | |
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Fix recent change in lispref/processes.texi.
* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Asynchronous Processes): Clarify
wording. Suggested by Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@fitzsim.org>.
(Bug#33050)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/processes.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 0868912b145..e7d61bd5faa 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi | |||
| @@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ Shell mode, because they allow for job control (@kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-z}, | |||
| 601 | etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive | 601 | etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive |
| 602 | programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support | 602 | programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support |
| 603 | these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for | 603 | these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for |
| 604 | internal purposes (i.e., with no user interaction), where significant | 604 | internal purposes (i.e., no user interaction with the subprocess is |
| 605 | amounts of data need to be exchanged between the subprocess and the | 605 | required), where significant amounts of data need to be exchanged |
| 606 | Lisp program, it is often better to use a pipe, because pipes are | 606 | between the subprocess and the Lisp program, it is often better to use |
| 607 | more efficient, and because they are immune to stray character | 607 | a pipe, because pipes are more efficient, and because they are immune |
| 608 | injections that ptys introduce for large (around 500 byte) messages. | 608 | to stray character injections that ptys introduce for large (around |
| 609 | Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many systems, and it is | 609 | 500 byte) messages. Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many |
| 610 | good not to waste them unnecessarily. | 610 | systems, and it is good not to waste them unnecessarily. |
| 611 | 611 | ||
| 612 | @defun make-process &rest args | 612 | @defun make-process &rest args |
| 613 | This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting | 613 | This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting |