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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-07-23 15:35:12 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-07-23 15:35:12 +0000
commitf23af701f636b80dc021abdb4352f2fb2c90d76e (patch)
treedce10e7669ea1fdf863d537f86a5ed14207b2ca8 /lispref
parent23a7488deacd523f4f676b79a5407467f1283a8c (diff)
downloademacs-f23af701f636b80dc021abdb4352f2fb2c90d76e.tar.gz
Explain how deletion of process doesn't affect process mark.
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diff --git a/lispref/processes.texi b/lispref/processes.texi
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+++ b/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ Information}).
subprocess, and removes it from the list of active processes. It sends
a signal to the subprocess to make the subprocess terminate, but this is
not guaranteed to happen immediately. The process object itself
-continues to exist as long as other Lisp objects point to it.
+continues to exist as long as other Lisp objects point to it. The
+process mark continues to point to the same place as before (usually
+into a buffer where output from the process was being inserted).
You can delete a process explicitly at any time. Processes are
deleted automatically after they terminate, but not necessarily right