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23.0.60; `process-status' does not work with buffer names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 1251-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
        1251-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; `process-status' does not work with buffer names
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:17:43 -0400

> > Contrary to what its info entry says, process-status does not work if
> > its argument is a buffer name; in emacs -Q, evaluating the form:
>
> I think we should fix the info entry, rather than the code.

Yes, we can't accept buffer names in process-status because it already
treats strings as process names.

I've updated the lisp manual.  Thanks for spotting this.
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