Subject: bug#24693: closed (Re: bug#24693: Small doc improvement of start-process)

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:26:02 +0000

Your bug report

#24693: Small doc improvement of start-process

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#24693: Small doc improvement of start-process
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: Hong Xu <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:25:02 +0300
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> From: Hong Xu <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:06:01 -0700
> 
> On 10/14/2016 11:39 AM, Hong Xu wrote:
> > 
> > I see. Maybe mention PROGRAM-ARGS explicitly like: Remaining
> > arguments PROGRAM-ARGS are strings to give program as arguments.
> > 
> 
> Can we push the small fix? This is a tiny fix but it certainly improves
> the quality of the doc.

Done.

Thanks.

Subject: Small doc improvement of start-process
From: Hong Xu <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:15:40 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

PROGARM-ARGS are not mentioned in the docstring. The attached patch is a
draft of the small improvement. Thanks!
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 8a1792ad8b78..c3524ef1fccb 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -2001,6 +2001,9 @@ PROGRAM is the program file name.  It is searched for in `exec-path'
 \(which see).  If nil, just associate a pty with the buffer.  Remaining
 arguments are strings to give program as arguments.
 
+PROGRAM-ARGS are strings that specify command line arguments for the
+subprocess.
+
 If you want to separate standard output from standard error, use
 `make-process' or invoke the command through a shell and redirect
 one of them using the shell syntax."