COMMIT Ben, Mike, could you please look this over and confirm that fixing the docstring was the right thing to do. Best regards, Adrian xemacs-21.5 ChangeLog patch: Diff command: cvs -q diff -U 0 Files affected: lisp/ChangeLog Index: lisp/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.605 diff -u -U0 -r1.605 ChangeLog --- lisp/ChangeLog 3 Jan 2005 10:29:11 -0000 1.605 +++ lisp/ChangeLog 9 Jan 2005 09:43:45 -0000 ＠＠ -0,0 +1,4 ＠＠ +2005-01-09 Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * process.el (start-process-shell-command): Correct docstring. + xemacs-21.5 source patch: Diff command: cvs -f -z3 -q diff -u -w -N Files affected: lisp/process.el Index: lisp/process.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/process.el,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -w -r1.18 process.el --- lisp/process.el 5 Jan 2003 18:38:37 -0000 1.18 +++ lisp/process.el 9 Jan 2005 09:32:25 -0000 ＠＠ -66,8 +66,9 ＠＠ Process output goes at end of that buffer, unless you specify an output stream or filter function to handle the output. BUFFER may be also nil, meaning that this process is not associated - with any buffer -Third arg is command name, the name of a shell command. + with any buffer. +Variables `shell-file-name' and `shell-command-switch' are used to +start the process. Remaining arguments are the arguments for the command. Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell." ;; We used to use `exec' to replace the shell with the command, -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/