# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 838136112 0 # Node ID e74f36ff89e7772f3b8b48e150e80117a2076ab6 # Parent 7e712d42d37198ef0086a28101a8891484b65fc8 Explain how deletion of process doesn't affect process mark. diff -r 7e712d42d371 -r e74f36ff89e7 lispref/processes.texi --- a/lispref/processes.texi Tue Jul 23 14:18:34 1996 +0000 +++ b/lispref/processes.texi Tue Jul 23 15:35:12 1996 +0000 @@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ 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