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Re: `call-process', to a string


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: `call-process', to a string
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:32:27 +0200

> From: "Garreau\, Alexandre" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:32:16 +0100
> 
> > "Point" only ever refers to Emacs buffers, never to anything else.
> 
> Oh you’re right!  Then with some context-sensitive deduction, you would
> guess DESTINATION as a buffer.
> 
> However having to rely on deduction and context to understand a piece of
> doc looks silly, and if it does stuff with buffers it looks better to me
> to clearly have the word “buffer” within near.  So I believe it is
> better with a such fix: thank you!

You are welcome.  However, it's still worth to make yourself familiar
with "point" and its significance in Emacs, because you will see
similar text all over the place.



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