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From: jason@arisia.berkeley.edu (Jason Venner)
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Subject: Gnu: process-status
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Date: Fri, 29-Aug-86 01:18:07 EDT
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There are to return values that I don't understand:
command
external
.

They seem to imply that emacs can do IO to no child processes.

I have looked a bit at the source,  and didn't find much of use.

anyone tell me what they really mean,  and what conditions would 
set them?

Thanx -- Jason

Jason Venner
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