From f23af701f636b80dc021abdb4352f2fb2c90d76e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:35:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain how deletion of process doesn't affect process mark. --- lispref/processes.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lispref/processes.texi b/lispref/processes.texi index 87e011baa38..64f4f0178c6 100644 --- a/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/lispref/processes.texi @@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ Information}). subprocess, and removes it from the list of active processes. It sends a signal to the subprocess to make the subprocess terminate, but this is not guaranteed to happen immediately. The process object itself -continues to exist as long as other Lisp objects point to it. +continues to exist as long as other Lisp objects point to it. The +process mark continues to point to the same place as before (usually +into a buffer where output from the process was being inserted). You can delete a process explicitly at any time. Processes are deleted automatically after they terminate, but not necessarily right -- 2.39.5