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Update of /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/doc
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Modified Files:
	slime.texi 
Log Message:
Use the NIL communication style for sbcl/win32 (and document it, too)


--- /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/doc/slime.texi	2006/03/03 15:03:31	1.44
+++ /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/doc/slime.texi	2006/04/19 09:18:53	1.45
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 @end macro
 
 @set EDITION 1.2
- at set UPDATED @code{$Date: 2006/03/03 15:03:31 $}
+ at set UPDATED @code{$Date: 2006/04/19 09:18:53 $}
 
 @titlepage
 @title SLIME User Manual
@@ -1415,6 +1415,12 @@
 The available communication styles are:
 
 @table @code
+ at item NIL
+This style simply loops reading input from the communication socket
+and serves @SLIME{} protocol events as they arise. The simplicity
+means that the Lisp cannot do any other processing while under
+ at SLIME{}'s control.
+
 @item :FD-HANDLER
 This style uses the classical Unix-style ``@code{select()}-loop.''
 Swank registers the communication socket with an event-dispatching
@@ -1446,11 +1452,11 @@
 
 The default request handling style is chosen according to the
 capabilities your Lisp system. The general order of preference is
- at code{:SPAWN}, then @code{:SIGIO}, then @code{:FD-HANDLER}. You can
-check the default style by calling
- at code{SWANK-BACKEND:PREFERRED-COMMUNICATION-STYLE}. You can also
-override the default by setting @code{SWANK:*COMMUNICATION-STYLE*} in
-your Swank init file.
+ at code{:SPAWN}, then @code{:SIGIO}, then @code{:FD-HANDLER}, with
+ at code{NIL} as a last resort. You can check the default style by
+calling @code{SWANK-BACKEND:PREFERRED-COMMUNICATION-STYLE}. You can
+also override the default by setting
+ at code{SWANK:*COMMUNICATION-STYLE*} in your Swank init file.
 
 @node Other configurables,  , Communication style, Lisp-side
 @subsection Other configurables