From 38a49c89b96760c6c63c69031c686747d5f8e7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Flatt Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:52:13 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc improvement --- collects/scribblings/reference/pipes.scrbl | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/pipes.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/pipes.scrbl index 27b0653f61..1133c17443 100644 --- a/collects/scribblings/reference/pipes.scrbl +++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/pipes.scrbl @@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ @title[#:tag "pipeports"]{Pipes} A Racket @deftech{pipe} is internal to Racket, and not related to -OS-level pipes (which are @tech{file-stream ports}) for communicating -between different processes. +OS-level pipes for communicating between different +processes.@margin-note*{OS-level pipes may be created by +@racket[subprocess], opening an existing named file on a Unix +filesystem, or starting Racket with pipes for its original input, +output, or error port. Such pipes are @tech{file-stream ports}, +unlike the pipes produced by @racket[make-pipe].} @defproc[(make-pipe [limit exact-positive-integer? #f] [input-name any/c 'pipe]