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author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-08-22 18:42:51 +0000 |
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committer | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-08-22 18:42:51 +0000 |
commit | e2b1c016fed45c39758bf162e80c01b54e8b46a4 (patch) | |
tree | 92d319e4d20a7c0dd519fd95065a586450097da8 /lispref/streams.texi | |
parent | 98c271ebeda49e58b4eaed4c9b4c1da87ec8b559 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lispref/streams.texi b/lispref/streams.texi index efd905c9b20..74f9e43e92c 100644 --- a/lispref/streams.texi +++ b/lispref/streams.texi @@ -125,7 +125,13 @@ came from''. In this case, it makes no difference what value @code{t} used as a stream means that the input is read from the minibuffer. In fact, the minibuffer is invoked once and the text given by the user is made into a string that is then used as the -input stream. +input stream. If Emacs is running in batch mode, standard input is used +instead of the minibuffer. For example, +@example +(message "%s" (read t)) +@end example +will read a Lisp expression from standard input and print the result +to standard output. @item @code{nil} @cindex @code{nil} input stream |