From 1e8922064b50de0d96e697fd372ca2c4c3156948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kim F. Storm" Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:15:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Describe non-blocking connect using open-network-stream. --- etc/NEWS | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 820ed51264a..d9b91fa7203 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -623,6 +623,19 @@ will lead to undesirable results, so don't let it happen; the first change group you start for any given buffer should be the last one finished. +** You can now use non-blocking connect to open network streams. + +The function open-network-stream has a new optional 7th argument. +If non-nil, that function will initiate a non-blocking connect and +return immediately before the connection is established. + +It returns nil if the system does not support non-blocking connects; +the caller may then make a normal (blocking) open-network-stream. + +The filter and sentinel functions can now be specified as arguments +to open-network-stream. When the non-blocking connect completes, the +sentinel is called with the status matching "open" or "failed". + ** New function substring-no-properties. +++ -- 2.39.5