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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2021-08-31 04:13:58 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2021-08-31 04:13:58 +0200
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downloademacs-b61282138804d126a53d718f2d2b0549bf087afa.tar.gz
call-process doc string clarification
* src/callproc.c (Fcall_process): Explicitly say that "output" means both stdout and stderr (bug#37906).
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@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ directory where the process is run (see below). If you want to make the
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 nil, it means discard output; 0 means discard