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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2019-10-04 16:18:10 +0200
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manpage: clarify some details about async. commands and "subprocess"
There's potential confusion about how long a process started with the "subprocess" command is allowed to live. Add some more explanations regarding "subprocess" specifics (such as the playback_only field), and things that apply to asynchronous commands in general. Partially for #7025.
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@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ strictly part of the guaranteed API.
directly, instead of calling this legacy wrapper. It is for compatibility
only.
+ See the ``subprocess`` documentation for semantics and further parameters.
+
``utils.subprocess_detached(t)``
Runs an external process and detaches it from mpv's control.