From c3528f1e20db17b66eed5127905222a4a26a05fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:29:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation of 'process-running-child-p' * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Input to Processes): Document the changes in return value of 'process-running-child-p'. --- doc/lispref/processes.texi | 10 ++++++---- etc/NEWS | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 2a4bd8a067..f660b15938 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -1138,10 +1138,12 @@ The function returns @var{process}. @end defun @defun process-running-child-p &optional process -This function will tell you whether a @var{process} has given control of -its terminal to its own child process. The value is @code{t} if this is -true, or if Emacs cannot tell; it is @code{nil} if Emacs can be certain -that this is not so. +This function will tell you whether a @var{process} has given control +of its terminal to its own child process. If this is true, the +function returns the numeric ID of the foreground process group of +@var{process}; it returns @code{nil} if Emacs can be certain that this +is not so. The value is @code{t} if Emacs cannot tell whether this is +true. @end defun @node Signals to Processes diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 6d474437de..6323b24dae 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -1242,9 +1242,11 @@ active region handling. +++ ** deactivate-mark is now buffer-local. ++++ ** `cl-the' now asserts that its argument is of the given type. -** `process-running-child-p` may now return a numeric process ++++ +** `process-running-child-p' may now return a numeric process group ID instead of `t'. +++ -- 2.39.2