# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 943637670 0
# Node ID 615e184ede1b9d3078b20aa4671b70d06b6c2d75
# Parent  1d769c66f407a4e074e3ff256dcfe642334e44d5
(comint-preoutput-filter-functions): Doc fix.

diff -r 1d769c66f407 -r 615e184ede1b lisp/comint.el
--- a/lisp/comint.el	Fri Nov 26 17:33:36 1999 +0000
+++ b/lisp/comint.el	Fri Nov 26 17:34:30 1999 +0000
@@ -1339,9 +1339,17 @@
 	  (run-hook-with-args 'comint-output-filter-functions "")))))
 
 (defvar comint-preoutput-filter-functions nil 
-  "Functions to call before output is inserted into the buffer.
-These functions get one argument, a string containing the text to be
-inserted.  They return the string as it should be inserted.
+  "List of functions to call before inserting Comint output into the buffer.
+Each function gets one argument, a string containing the text received
+from the subprocess.  It should return the string to insert, perhaps
+the same string that was received, or perhaps a modified or transformed
+string.
+
+The functions on the list are called sequentially, and each one is
+given the string returned by the previous one.  The string returned by
+the last function is the text that is actually inserted in the
+redirection buffer.")
+
 
 This variable is buffer-local.")