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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2021-05-25 22:29:11 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2021-05-25 22:29:11 +0300 |
| commit | dd79a5050a9f3b37a663c8bcd64f228d0e8711d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a4db2b844898693f70a29d5d1b3d7636ef94884 /src/process.c | |
| parent | caf8eb0381d1fa9f2b683db7018c5438ff99c83a (diff) | |
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Fix documentation of a recent change
* src/process.c (syms_of_process) <process-prioritize-lower-fds>:
Doc fix.
* etc/NEWS: Reword the entry for 'process-prioritize-lower-fds'.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/process.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c index 2f32eadd50d..c354f3a90da 100644 --- a/src/process.c +++ b/src/process.c @@ -8495,10 +8495,13 @@ The variable takes effect when `start-process' is called. */); Vprocess_adaptive_read_buffering = Qt; DEFVAR_BOOL ("process-prioritize-lower-fds", process_prioritize_lower_fds, - doc: /* If nil, try to not prioritize reading from any specific process. -Emacs loops through file descriptors to receive data from subprocesses. After -accepting output from the first file descriptor with available data, restart the -loop from the file descriptor 0 if this option is non-nil. */); + doc: /* Whether to start checking for subprocess output from first file descriptor. +Emacs loops through file descriptors to check for output from subprocesses. +If this variable is nil, the default, then after accepting output from a +subprocess, Emacs will continue checking the rest of descriptors, starting +from the one following the descriptor it just read. If this variable is +non-nil, Emacs will always restart the loop from the first file descriptor, +thus favoring processes with lower descriptors. */); process_prioritize_lower_fds = 0; DEFVAR_LISP ("interrupt-process-functions", Vinterrupt_process_functions, |