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diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi index fb876340b41..9fc4b6262fb 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi @@ -808,6 +808,13 @@ communications with subprocesses to programs that exhibit unusual behavior with respect to buffering pipe I/O. @ifnottex +@vindex w32-pipe-read-delay + If you need to invoke MS-DOS programs as Emacs subprocesses, you may +see low rate of reading data from such programs. Setting the variable +@code{w32-pipe-read-delay} to a non-zero value may improve throughput +in these cases; we suggest the value of 50 for such situations. The +default is zero. + @findex w32-shell-execute The function @code{w32-shell-execute} can be useful for writing customized commands that run MS-Windows applications registered to |