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diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index bbd43f9b9a..ec2086e3eb 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -4019,7 +4019,12 @@ jobsend({job}, {data}) {Nvim} *jobsend()* jobstart({name}, {prog}[, {argv}]) {Nvim} *jobstart()* Spawns {prog} as a job and associate it with the {name} string, which will be used to match the "filename pattern" in - |JobActivity| events. See |job-control| for more information. + |JobActivity| events. It returns: + - The job id on success, which is used by |jobsend()| and + |jobstop()| + - 0 when the job table is full or on invalid arguments + - -1 when {prog} is not executable + See |job-control| for more information. jobstop({job}) {Nvim} *jobstop()* Stop a job created with |jobstart| by sending a `SIGTERM` @@ -5083,10 +5088,12 @@ rpcrequest({channel}, {method}[, {args}...]) {Nvim} *rpcrequest()* rpcstart({prog}[, {argv}]) {Nvim} *rpcstart()* Spawns {prog} as a job(optionally passing the {argv} list), - and open a |msgpack-rpc| channel with the spawned process - stdin/stdout. Returns the channel id, which is used by - |rpcrequest()|, |rpcnotify()| and |rpcstop()| - It expects the rpc channel id as argument. Example: > + and opens a |msgpack-rpc| channel with the spawned process + stdin/stdout. It returns: + - The channel id on success, which is used by |rpcrequest()|, + |rpcnotify()| and |rpcstop()| + - 0 on failure. + Example: > :let rpc_chan = rpcstart('prog', ['arg1', 'arg2']) rpcstop({channel}) {Nvim} *rpcstop()* |