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[PATCH] docview: Only enable imenu when supported

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64516 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jao <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#64516: [PATCH] docview: Only enable imenu when supported
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:22:23 +0200

Tassilo Horn [2023-07-28 12:19 +0200] wrote:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> Is call-process guaranteed to return a number?
>> Would eq/l be more suitable than =?
>
> Good question, the docs say:
>
>   If DESTINATION is 0, ‘call-process’ returns immediately with value nil.
>   Otherwise it waits for PROGRAM to terminate
>   and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.
>
> I guess if mutool is killed externally while emacs runs it, it could be
> such a "signal description string" in which case eql would be better
> even though that situation seems unlikely.

Right, and it's often hard to decide whether/how the user should be made
aware of such exceptional circumstances.

> I'll change that later.

Thanks,
-- 
Basil

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