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Re: stderr vs start-process
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: stderr vs start-process |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:02:58 +0300 |
> From: Stephen Leake <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:13:20 -0400
>
> The help string for `start-process' does not say what happens to
> stderr for the spawned process. It just says:
>
> Process output goes at end of that buffer, unless you specify
> an output stream or filter function to handle the output.
>
> I tested this (on Windows XP) and it seems both stderr and stdout go
> to that buffer. I tried reading the C code in process.c, but quickly
> got lost.
>
> I suggest that the help string be modified to:
>
> Process output (both standard error and standard output) goes at
> end of that buffer, unless you specify an output stream or filter
> function to handle the output.
Done.
> Is there a way to separate standard error from standard output for the
> spawned process? That would probably be useful in some situations.
I added a sentence about this to the doc string.