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

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* src/callproc.c (Fcall_process, Fcall_process_region): Document
that the destination buffer can be specified by its name.
(Bug#60477)
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Eli Zaretskii 2023-01-02 13:52:25 +02:00
parent 4520f09dd8
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@ -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.