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emacs-29 b7ad0b4014: ; Clarify doc strings of 'call-process' and 'call-p


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: emacs-29 b7ad0b4014: ; Clarify doc strings of 'call-process' and 'call-process-region'
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2023 06:53:17 -0500 (EST)

branch: emacs-29
commit b7ad0b40148bd5905497a4c05fced4e0b9099812
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; 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)
---
 src/callproc.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index 7208ceb5d2..5e1e1a8cc0 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.



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