From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#42704: Documentation of call-process Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:15:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87tuww2ig2.fsf@gnus.org> References: <83pn86a3d2.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14187"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 42704@debbugs.gnu.org To: Gregory Heytings Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 21 16:23:05 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k97wf-0003as-5e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:23:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44272 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k97we-0001IG-7Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:23:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56720) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k97qo-00080v-RP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:17:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k97qo-0005pB-Fv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:17:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k97qo-00050i-Bk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 42704 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 42704-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B42704.159801937216730 (code B ref 42704); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 42704) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Aug 2020 14:16:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47941 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k97pz-0004LX-Nh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:44268) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k97pw-0004D3-7C for 42704@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:16:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=0Hi8vC+pI+6NqTLYPNzRPjjq5m9GgxOElIJHlUP+R88=; b=CWmU54Ow/Ukxf4/H9RwoSBpNv3 RNwoFJORCZs8sXFCgxcY6u1GB1g6j0H/enW6+/6gEBkKb+hiUJidipM9Wnm3bWvAGTFeXFk+yC/Kq daVo2bXolSsFECuuOkjR+dQY2Q7yFa8iQBzVfgTlV+nGuwZiMiZbNW0rLIW71l9+IBhQ=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k97pn-0005Or-7c; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:16:01 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Boris's _Love_: "Away From You" In-Reply-To: (Gregory Heytings's message of "Tue, 4 Aug 2020 19:47:55 +0200 (CEST)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:185876 Archived-At: Gregory Heytings writes: > Indeed. I still believe that adding the sentence "If PROGRAM is not > an absolute file name, the variable exec-path contains a list of > directories to search." in the docstring of call-process (and a > similar sentence in the docstrings of make-process and > call-process-region) would be useful. Makes sense to me, so I've now added a sentence about exec-path to those three doc strings. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no