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Diffstat (limited to 'src/spawn.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/spawn.cpp | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/spawn.cpp b/src/spawn.cpp index af42a95..c1ffce8 100644 --- a/src/spawn.cpp +++ b/src/spawn.cpp @@ -133,8 +133,17 @@ parse_shell_command_line(const gchar *cmdline, GError **error) * and its standard input stream is fed with data from the * current document, i.e. text is piped into the external * program. + * When automatic EOL translation is enabled, this will + * translate all end of line sequences according to the + * source document's EOL mode (see \fBEL\fP command). + * For instance when piping from a document with DOS + * line breaks, the receiving program will only be sent + * DOS line breaks. * The process' standard output stream is also redirected * and inserted into the current document. + * End of line sequences are normalized accordingly + * but the EOL mode guessed from the program's output is + * \fBnot\fP set on the document. * The process' standard error stream is discarded. * If data is piped into the external program, its output * replaces that data in the buffer. @@ -455,6 +464,9 @@ gerror: * the current buffer position and writing process output * to the Q-Register <q>. * In other words, the current buffer is not modified by EG. + * Also since EG replaces the string value of <q>, the register's + * EOL mode is set to the mode guessed from the external program's + * output. * * The register <q> is defined if it does not already exist. */ |