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| author | Glenn Morris | 2018-10-31 07:50:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris | 2018-10-31 07:50:57 -0700 |
| commit | 3a739236d061cf44dcba77f163e6087be4fd09fa (patch) | |
| tree | 37ba2826d46d4157de3b6b7cd2c03264e3467641 /doc/lispref/processes.texi | |
| parent | 5fec8294a7eb50a4ada26519cd578006b8d16b35 (diff) | |
| parent | eb903d8f20ab0c31daa27a08b0acfd30115c7b5e (diff) | |
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Merge from origin/emacs-26
eb903d8 * lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el: Improve docstrings.
86abbb3 * lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el (rx): Fix typo in doc string. (Bug#3...
ced58d3 Improve doc string of 'call-process'
38f88a7 Document that generic functions cannot be commands
5aeddfa * lisp/mail/rmailsum.el (rmail-summary-output): Add lost word...
10e0fd8 Add index entries for more isearch commands/bindings (Bug#32990)
de28184 * lisp/simple.el (filter-buffer-substring): Clarify doc (Bug#...
d192c16 Fix recent change in lispref/processes.texi.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 2afc6a33828..d88c7fbe622 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi | |||
| @@ -609,13 +609,13 @@ Shell mode, because they allow for job control (@kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-z}, | |||
| 609 | etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive | 609 | etc.)@: between the process and its children, and because interactive |
| 610 | programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support | 610 | programs treat ptys as terminal devices, whereas pipes don't support |
| 611 | these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for | 611 | these features. However, for subprocesses used by Lisp programs for |
| 612 | internal purposes (i.e., with no user interaction), where significant | 612 | internal purposes (i.e., no user interaction with the subprocess is |
| 613 | amounts of data need to be exchanged between the subprocess and the | 613 | required), where significant amounts of data need to be exchanged |
| 614 | Lisp program, it is often better to use a pipe, because pipes are | 614 | between the subprocess and the Lisp program, it is often better to use |
| 615 | more efficient, and because they are immune to stray character | 615 | a pipe, because pipes are more efficient, and because they are immune |
| 616 | injections that ptys introduce for large (around 500 byte) messages. | 616 | to stray character injections that ptys introduce for large (around |
| 617 | Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many systems, and it is | 617 | 500 byte) messages. Also, the total number of ptys is limited on many |
| 618 | good not to waste them unnecessarily. | 618 | systems, and it is good not to waste them unnecessarily. |
| 619 | 619 | ||
| 620 | @defun make-process &rest args | 620 | @defun make-process &rest args |
| 621 | This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting | 621 | This function is the basic low-level primitive for starting |