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diff --git a/runtime/doc/channel.txt b/runtime/doc/channel.txt index 7184151cda..c2d220041c 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/channel.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/channel.txt @@ -11,21 +11,20 @@ Nvim asynchronous IO *channel* ============================================================================== 1. Introduction *channel-intro* -Channels are nvim's way of communicating with external processes. +Channels are Nvim's way of communicating with external processes. There are several ways to open a channel: - 1. Through stdin/stdout when `nvim` is started with `--headless`, and a startup - script or --cmd command opens the stdio channel using |stdioopen()|. + 1. Through stdin/stdout when `nvim` is started with `--headless` and a startup + script or `--cmd` command opens the stdio channel using |stdioopen()|. 2. Through stdin, stdout and stderr of a process spawned by |jobstart()|. - 3. Through the PTY master end of a PTY opened with - `jobstart(..., {'pty': v:true})` or |termopen()|. + 3. Through the PTY master end opened with `jobstart(…, {'pty': v:true})`. 4. By connecting to a TCP/IP socket or named pipe with |sockconnect()|. - 5. By another process connecting to a socket listened to by nvim. This only + 5. By another process connecting to a socket listened to by Nvim. This only supports RPC channels, see |rpc-connecting|. Channels support multiple modes or protocols. In the most basic @@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ from the host TTY, or if Nvim is |--headless| it uses default values: >vim :echo system('nvim --headless +"te stty -a" +"sleep 1" +"1,/^$/print" +q') ============================================================================== -3. Communicating using msgpack-rpc *channel-rpc* +3. Communicating with msgpack RPC *channel-rpc* When channels are opened with the `rpc` option set to true, the channel can be used for remote method calls in both directions, see |msgpack-rpc|. Note that |