Variable: process-connection-type

process-connection-type is a variable defined in process.c.

Value

t

Documentation

Control type of device used to communicate with subprocesses.

Values are nil to use a pipe, or t or pty to use a pty. The value has no effect if the system has no ptys or if all ptys are busy: then a pipe is used in any case. The value takes effect when start-process is called.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/process.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("process-connection-type", Vprocess_connection_type,
	       doc: /* Control type of device used to communicate with subprocesses.
Values are nil to use a pipe, or t or `pty' to use a pty.
The value has no effect if the system has no ptys or if all ptys are busy:
then a pipe is used in any case.
The value takes effect when `start-process' is called.  */);