Daniel Engeler <engeler at gmail.com>

elisp.texi, internals.texi, processes.texi: Add documentation about
serial port access.

doc/lispref/ChangeLog

+2008-06-13  Daniel Engeler  <engeler@gmail.com>
+
+	* elisp.texi, internals.texi, processes.texi: Add documentation
+	about serial port access.
+
 2008-06-05  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>
 
 	* display.texi (Displaying Faces): Update to reflect function

doc/lispref/elisp.texi

@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@ Processes
 * Low-Level Network::       Lower-level but more general function
                               to create connections and servers.
 * Misc Network::            Additional relevant functions for network connections.
+* Serial Ports::            Communicating with serial ports.
 * Byte Packing::            Using bindat to pack and unpack binary data.
 
 Receiving Output from Processes

doc/lispref/internals.texi

@@ -1433,7 +1433,8 @@ A string, the name of the process.
 
 @item command
 A list containing the command arguments that were used to start this
-process.
+process.  For a network or serial process, it is @code{nil} if the
+process is running or @code{t} if the process is stopped.
 
 @item filter
 A function used to accept output from the process instead of a buffer,
@@ -1449,8 +1450,9 @@ The associated buffer of the process.
 An integer, the operating system's process @acronym{ID}.
 
 @item childp
+
 A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process.
-It is @code{nil} for a network connection.
+It is @code{nil} for a network or serial connection.
 
 @item mark
 A marker indicating the position of the end of the last output from this
@@ -1515,6 +1517,11 @@ Size of carryover in encoding.
 @item inherit_coding_system_flag
 Flag to set @code{coding-system} of the process buffer from the
 coding system used to decode process output.
+
+@item type
+Symbol indicating the type of process: @code{real}, @code{network},
+@code{serial}
+
 @end table
 
 @ignore