From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Narendra Joshi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Query about call-process Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:17:09 +0530 Message-ID: <87po3l1jv6.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1522435608 30919 195.159.176.226 (30 Mar 2018 18:46:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:46:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 30 20:46:44 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f1z2y-0007y1-ER for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:46:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1z52-0003PO-3E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33242) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1z3Y-0002np-65 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1z3V-0005ku-2p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:47:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pg0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::234]:45865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1z3U-0005kI-TS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pg0-x234.google.com with SMTP id y63so5499458pgy.12 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:47:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bGolcXpL7WTHrpTkI98FOF0T6Sp1A/1sslL78chuJzo=; b=JbI2GZcpIvjkNvcyzT8nFKnRFt7AlA9W3orEbVPod26Ysk/jAufFdgfAA8c8wpFOJ8 5M6+U1rnBnfTWNRNxGsk/wi7LJK2dyT539zntrNLE8bhS9AB9j/boQ15CnJQ0ZVRJSt9 CjbAh0bqbyhH5MkVCtVZFmPMC1yMVqrCceiSzYu5SEZUmrZGvTOHyEoI428umw/yy41o EGHaxNEwj0AVeUVDimiMRKIKyYZ6c33IubKu15p//USkJWWcoFPi2JX8c9dtPrVNMW5x 1bE7rJ/PM2IRrmitj7byp50tgM+Cal7/iQvphtynRLbOMwP1+dZePgGK8oiubAQYgZOm Ywyw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bGolcXpL7WTHrpTkI98FOF0T6Sp1A/1sslL78chuJzo=; b=Hy7lSztWCOwbpxbEYaGRE8H8UogK8dfzbe72ctl0wHYoebqH2PADR8GwC0Wl6xBb6Y 4d6C3br7swlIhjlGnc93PNvJ8bSuoTxy8FE69aAyeQEZwI4Q3rNw8UpHe+/qfvlXupgD dmEyv3q2zNu8/tI1D/JwJFdGhmLLbULOyo+Ug9gn2/0Ejnoej0D0VsN7CB10/A4oWhQW CnDHaKwjd7tU3JSH0bYbMCsgHVEsnwxR1lNiEO72gg9tbtSQbni7NlNBiQnHpx0Gux0v ff6kS/IeseYi5q061tjoqgYVUlT+Tx0QJ4KHhpReggXFr9y7pUWkfQCtCBF+UW5QPgWc tP+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7ElbejVFLAmCaaht+b1UiBSGscczyjUw17/88/4EeChZuMOB7rN dLtXhBWEunB6+kBWJYq48+eD X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx48ThAz3jvZ9PLZPet1efQqceXM1dhWRBThKyHP5yIbSe5lQVzv4jSgdNKui2TcQD6TZ2E8J3Q== X-Received: by 10.99.109.139 with SMTP id i133mr95086pgc.194.1522435634961; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from vicarie ([106.51.29.247]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s6sm16949417pgn.59.2018.03.30.11.47.12 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:47:13 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c05::234 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116296 Archived-At: Hi, The document string for `call-process' says that > You can=E2=80=99t directly specify a buffer to put the error ou= tput > in; that is too difficult to implement. But you can achieve > this result by sending the error output to a temporary file > and then inserting the file into a buffer when the subprocess > finishes. I would like to understand what makes doing this difficult?=20 Thanks, --=20 Narendra Joshi