@defun call-process-shell-command command &optional infile destination display
This function executes the shell command @var{command} synchronously.
The arguments are handled as in @code{call-process}. An old calling
-convention allowed to pass any number of additional arguments after
+convention allowed passing any number of additional arguments after
@var{display}, which were concatenated to @var{command}; this is still
supported, but strongly discouraged.
@end defun
This function is like @code{call-process-shell-command}, but uses
@code{process-file} internally. Depending on @code{default-directory},
@var{command} can be executed also on remote hosts. An old calling
-convention allowed to pass any number of additional arguments after
+convention allowed passing any number of additional arguments after
@var{display}, which were concatenated to @var{command}; this is still
supported, but strongly discouraged.
@end defun
@end defun
If the process's buffer is displayed in a window, your Lisp program
-may wish telling the process the dimensions of that window, so that
+may wish to tell the process the dimensions of that window, so that
the process could adapt its output to those dimensions, much as it
-adapts to the screen dimensions. The following functions allow to
-communicate this kind of information to processes; however, not all
+adapts to the screen dimensions. The following functions allow
+communicating this kind of information to processes; however, not all
systems support the underlying functionality, so it is best to provide
fallbacks, e.g., via command-line arguments or environment variables.