diff lispref/processes.texi @ 27259:c41efa6c4be1

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--- a/lispref/processes.texi	Mon Jan 10 08:44:26 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/processes.texi	Mon Jan 10 08:56:40 2000 +0000
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@
 called the @dfn{filter function} can be called to act on the output.  If
 the process has no buffer and no filter function, its output is
 discarded.
-
+ 
   Output from a subprocess can arrive only while Emacs is waiting: when
 reading terminal input, in @code{sit-for} and @code{sleep-for}
 (@pxref{Waiting}), and in @code{accept-process-output} (@pxref{Accepting
@@ -885,6 +885,13 @@
 can arrive before you finish, if the code in between does not call any
 primitive that waits.
 
+  It is impossible to separate the standard output and standard error
+streams of the subprocess, because Emacs normally spawns the subprocess
+inside a pseudo-TTY, and a pseudo-TTY has only one output channel.  If
+you want to keep the output to those streams separate, you should
+redirect one of them to a file--for example, by using an appropriate
+shell command.
+
   Subprocess output is normally decoded using a coding system before the
 buffer or filter function receives it, much like text read from a file.
 You can use @code{set-process-coding-system} to specify which coding