# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 966969771 0
# Node ID 540143cd8527f507999b4bcfa3dd453c6db67d08
# Parent  172cd577cca0eb33258f554f405ffeddbae9a982
read in batch

diff -r 172cd577cca0 -r 540143cd8527 lispref/streams.texi
--- a/lispref/streams.texi	Tue Aug 22 18:41:50 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/streams.texi	Tue Aug 22 18:42:51 2000 +0000
@@ -125,7 +125,13 @@
 @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