; Clarify doc strings of 'call-process' and 'call-process-region'

* src/callproc.c (Fcall_process, Fcall_process_region): Document
that the destination buffer can be specified by its name.
(Bug#60477)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index 7208ceb5d2f..5e1e1a8cc0a 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ input come from an Emacs buffer, use `call-process-region' instead.
 Third argument DESTINATION specifies how to handle program's output.
 (\"Output\" here means both standard output and standard error
 output.)
-If DESTINATION is a buffer, or t that stands for the current buffer,
- it means insert output in that buffer before point.
+If DESTINATION is a buffer or the name of a buffer, or t (which stands for
+the current buffer), it means insert output in that buffer before point.
 If DESTINATION is nil, it means discard output; 0 means discard
  and don't wait for the program to terminate.
 If DESTINATION is `(:file FILE)', where FILE is a file name string,
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer; nil for
  BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait; and `(:file
  FILE)', where FILE is a file name string, means that it should be
  written to that file (if the file already exists it is overwritten).
+BUFFER can be a string which is the name of a buffer.
 BUFFER can also have the form (REAL-BUFFER STDERR-FILE); in that case,
 REAL-BUFFER says what to do with standard output, as above,
 while STDERR-FILE says what to do with standard error in the child.