From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: find lulu <tpeplt@gmail.com>, 890@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#890: Problem using `etc/emacs.bash' with EmacsW32
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:53:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C27D46.6010407@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6bb3db200809050839l4e90bd50q80eefe4938144df5@mail.gmail.com>
find lulu wrote:
>>>/ I am attempting to use the shell script `emacs.bash' that is provided/
>>
>> Could you explain why you don't ust use emacsclient directly (together
>> with its -a argument)?
>
>
> Your question prompts the question "Why does `etc/emacs.bash' exist at all?"
>
> The reason for `emacs.bash' to exist is to provide a single, consistent
> command for editing a file from the bash shell prompt, namely, 'edit'.
>
>
> It is certainly possible to use alternatives to avoid the problems described,
> but if `etc/emacs.bash' is to be included in the Emacs distribution then it
> should work for that distribution.
>
> In brief, here are the two problems restated (for EmacsW32):
>
>
> 1. `etc/emacs.bash' does not check for the file `~/.emacs.d/server/server'
> that is created when `server-start' is invoked from EmacsW32. As a result,
> `emacsclient' is not invoked by the shell function `edit' that is created
>
> when `etc/emacs.bash' is sourced.
>
> 2. When `server-start' (in `lisp/server.el') is invoked during the Emacs
> shutdown process, it does not remove the file `~/.emacs.d/server/server'
> that it created when it was initially invoked. Consequently, additional
>
> calls to the shell function 'edit' do not work properly -- namely, `edit'
> should invoke `emacs' instead of `emacsclient' when there is no instance
> of the emacs's server running.
>
>
> These problems should be fixed so that `edit' works for EmacsW32 as it does
> for Emacs on other platforms. Some possible fixes were suggested in the
> original problem report.
Is there anything here that is specific to Emacs+EmacsW32?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-06 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-05 15:39 bug#890: Problem using `etc/emacs.bash' with EmacsW32 find lulu
2008-09-06 12:53 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
2008-09-06 19:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-06 20:11 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-06 20:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-09-06 21:46 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-06 22:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-03-03 6:45 ` Glenn Morris
2008-09-06 21:20 ` martin rudalics
2008-09-07 4:03 ` find lulu
2008-09-07 9:37 ` martin rudalics
2008-09-07 22:01 ` find lulu
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2008-09-04 19:55 Anonymous Sender
2008-09-05 3:55 ` Stefan Monnier
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