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authorEli Zaretskii2018-10-27 21:47:59 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii2018-10-27 21:47:59 +0300
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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)
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@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ Shell mode, because they allow for job control (@kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-z},
601etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive 601etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive
602programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support 602programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support
603these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for 603these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for
604internal purposes (i.e., with no user interaction), where significant 604internal purposes (i.e., no user interaction with the subprocess is
605amounts of data need to be exchanged between the subprocess and the 605required), where significant amounts of data need to be exchanged
606Lisp program, it is often better to use a pipe, because pipes are 606between the subprocess and the Lisp program, it is often better to use
607more efficient, and because they are immune to stray character 607a pipe, because pipes are more efficient, and because they are immune
608injections that ptys introduce for large (around 500 byte) messages. 608to stray character injections that ptys introduce for large (around
609Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many systems, and it is 609500 byte) messages. Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many
610good not to waste them unnecessarily. 610systems, and it is good not to waste them unnecessarily.
611 611
612@defun make-process &rest args 612@defun make-process &rest args
613This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting 613This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting