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changeset 94808:8b60ad9b42c3
* simple.el (start-file-process): Clarify docstring.
| author | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> |
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| date | Fri, 09 May 2008 17:39:33 +0000 |
| parents | d58ec1c0d828 |
| children | 76b523d99056 |
| files | lisp/simple.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/simple.el Fri May 09 17:38:44 2008 +0000 +++ b/lisp/simple.el Fri May 09 17:39:33 2008 +0000 @@ -2436,9 +2436,14 @@ (defun start-file-process (name buffer program &rest program-args) "Start a program in a subprocess. Return the process object for it. + Similar to `start-process', but may invoke a file handler based on -`default-directory'. The current working directory of the -subprocess is `default-directory'. +`default-directory'. See Info node `(elisp)Magic File Names'. + +This handler ought to run PROGRAM, perhaps on the local host, +perhaps on a remote host that corresponds to `default-directory'. +In the latter case, the local part of `default-directory' becomes +the working directory of the process. PROGRAM and PROGRAM-ARGS might be file names. They are not objects of file handler invocation."