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@@ -5333,9 +5333,10 @@ jobwait({ids}[, {timeout}]) *jobwait()*
{ids} is a list of |job-id|s to wait for.
{timeout} is the maximum number of milliseconds to wait.
- {timeout} of zero can be used to check if a job-id is valid,
- without waiting.
+ Use zero {timeout} to check the status of a job: >
+ let exited = jobwait([{job-id}], 0)[0] >= 0
+<
During jobwait() callbacks for jobs not in the {ids} list may
be invoked. The screen will not redraw unless |:redraw| is
invoked by a callback.