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Re: master 70964b9: Mention `exec-path' in some process related doc stri
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: master 70964b9: Mention `exec-path' in some process related doc strings |
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Fri, 21 Aug 2020 22:04:57 +0300 |
> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:59:13 +0200
> Cc: Gregory Heytings <ghe@sdf.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
>
> > --- a/src/process.c
> > +++ b/src/process.c
> > :command COMMAND -- COMMAND is a list starting with the program file
> > -name, followed by strings to give to the program as arguments.
> > +name, followed by strings to give to the program as arguments. If the
> > +program file name is not an absolute file name, `make-process' will
> > +look for the program file name in `exec-path' (which is a list of
> > +directories).
>
> This is not true in the remote case (default-directory is remote, and
> :file-handler is non-nil). The program is not looked for; everything in
> the :command list is used literally.
>
> I don't know whether it is worth to explain this subtle difference,
> though.
Perhaps we could explain that in the ELisp manual.