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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst index 2512cd3..5a28f89 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst @@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ error streams will be. You can provide a file object or a file descriptor, or you can use the constant ``subprocess.PIPE`` to create a pipe between the subprocess and the parent. +.. index:: + single: universal newlines; What's new + The constructor has a number of handy options: * *close_fds* requests that all file descriptors be closed before running the @@ -424,7 +427,7 @@ The constructor has a number of handy options: * *preexec_fn* is a function that gets called before the child is started. * *universal_newlines* opens the child's input and output using Python's - universal newline feature. + :term:`universal newlines` feature. Once you've created the :class:`Popen` instance, you can call its :meth:`wait` method to pause until the subprocess has exited, :meth:`poll` to check if it's |