changeset 102810:91395f53da2f

(Filter Functions): Suggest how to handle output batches.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:51:14 +0000
parents 6b605b539280
children 00247bf9b438
files doc/lispref/processes.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi	Wed Apr 01 03:50:58 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi	Wed Apr 01 03:51:14 2009 +0000
@@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@
 200 characters one time, and five batches of 40 characters the next.  If
 the filter looks for certain text strings in the subprocess output, make
 sure to handle the case where one of these strings is split across two
-or more batches of output.
+or more batches of output; one way to do this is to insert the
+received text into a temporary buffer, which can then be searched.
 
 @defun set-process-filter process filter
 This function gives @var{process} the filter function @var{filter}.  If