From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#646: emacsclient with no args to behave like -a Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:14:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87k0k7plq7.fsf@gnus.org> References: <4287a62c0808040310m6d817102lb3bdf4982e6451d7@mail.gmail.com> <878s0nr2af.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20234"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "J. Pablo =?UTF-8?Q?Fern=C3=A1ndez?=" , 646@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 27 06:16:11 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTHn-00051F-5b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:16:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33028 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTHl-00015S-0g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:16:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTHe-00013g-K6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39432) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTHe-0004Ns-Cv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTHe-0006v8-5w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 646 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 646-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B646.163003770926531 (code B ref 646); Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 646) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Aug 2021 04:15:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50978 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTGn-0006tr-Cm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:55188) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTGl-0006tC-Ce for 646@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:15:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=xfxMgs9ScTzdfcbf/EIo6zihWoIUPZicAjlbrm/is7o=; b=DFdpduHmD3EvIz5BrcbjZPWNrq 0tQgBTS3lq+xBfo6CX3iOl/ssxhn0j4gXiFDSlwRT1TDw+zTvbq8RS1k7KcJmYjhkpeGefsxFYgxS 15GBAYnpr2t2oX9KpONeNcqaxJhgqF7qfTV0rknnbrsW06gunW2sUL85nhsvjp412JX4=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mJTGa-0001qQ-Jg; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:15:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Jim Porter's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:00:12 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:212790 Archived-At: Jim Porter writes: > From my reading, this is the original reporter's preferred behavior: > > 1) If Emacs is not currently running > a) `emacsclient file.txt' starts Emacs and opens file.txt > b) `emacsclient' starts Emacs (as though running `emacs') > 2) If Emacs is currently running > a) `emacsclient file.txt' opens file.txt in the existing Emacs session > b) `emacsclient' brings some frame in the existing Emacs session > to the foreground That's not my reading. The bug reporter said "It would be nice if emacsclient, when called with no arguments, would just run the alternate editor." I.e., emulate the "-a" parameter when called with no parameters. (He's also using Emacs as the alternate, but that's just a detail.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no