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24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel

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From: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 23:25:28 +0000

Hi there,

Thank you for responding.

It would be nice if the default process sentinel were explicitly documented - at least the name and formal description. 

-Ram


-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:eliz <at> gnu.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:13 AM
To: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
Cc: 22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel

> From: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 01:20:28 +0000
> 
> Emacs has the concept of a default process sentinel - but this is not
> documented in the emacs lisp reference manual.

The default sentinel is documented with the set-process-sentinel
function:

 -- Function: set-process-sentinel process sentinel
     This function associates SENTINEL with PROCESS.  If SENTINEL is
     `nil', then the process will have the default sentinel, which
     inserts a message in the process's buffer when the process status
     changes.

Maybe this is not prominent enough, and we should say this in a few
more places.  Other than that, what else do you think should be said
about the default sentinel?

Thanks.

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