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storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> grossjoh@lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
>=20
> > I'd expect that the output of M-x list-processes RET helps me for a
> > subsequent M-x signal-process RET.  Alas, this is not the case:
> > list-processes doesn't print the process id and signal-process
> > doesn't know about process names.
>=20
> Allowing the user to enter the name of a process in addition to
> a numeric pid to signal-process would be trivial enhancement to
> signal-process:
>=20

Please disregard the patch I just sent; it breaks existing use of
signal-process!=20=20

I'll make a proper patch if there is any interest in adding this.