From: Kim F. Storm Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:59:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Put "process enhancements" before "network enhancements". X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~11692 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=15aeeda5cd25ace6ed88bab75797c0ffd5421aae;p=emacs.git Put "process enhancements" before "network enhancements". --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 5234010c328..77b3418ae5a 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -1480,6 +1480,23 @@ inheritance is used when determining the value of a face attribute. ** New functions face-attribute-relative-p and merge-face-attribute help with handling relative face attributes. +** Enhancements to process support + +*** Function list-processes now has an optional argument; if non-nil, +only the processes whose query-on-exit flag is set are listed. + +*** New set-process-query-on-exit-flag and process-query-on-exit-flag +functions. The existing process-kill-without-query function is still +supported, but new code should use the new functions. + +*** Function signal-process now accepts a process object or process +name in addition to a process id to identify the signalled process. + +*** Processes now have an associated `private variables' property list +where programs can maintain process state and other per-process +related information. The new functions process-variable and +set-process-variable are used to access and modify this list. + ** Enhanced networking support. *** There is a new `make-network-process' function which supports @@ -1542,23 +1559,6 @@ the fifth is the port number. connections are accepted in the stopped state. For a client process, no input is received in the stopped state. -** Enhancements to process support - -*** Function list-processes now has an optional argument; if non-nil, -only the processes whose query-on-exit flag is set are listed. - -*** New set-process-query-on-exit-flag and process-query-on-exit-flag -functions. The existing process-kill-without-query function is still -supported, but new code should use the new functions. - -*** Function signal-process now accepts a process object or process -name in addition to a process id to identify the signalled process. - -*** Processes now have an associated `private variables' property list -where programs can maintain process state and other per-process -related information. The new functions process-variable and -set-process-variable are used to access and modify this list. - ** New function copy-tree. ** New function substring-no-properties.