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#18431: 24.3; emacsclient spurious error message Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:01:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87v9hdnqmb.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16315"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18431@debbugs.gnu.org To: Rustom Mody Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 20 20:02:12 2020 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 1k8ot9-00047Y-Tu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:02:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52770 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8ot8-0004ZS-Ta for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8ot0-0004Z4-G4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60631) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8ot0-0006Xo-4l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8ot0-0004sN-1u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:02:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:02:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18431 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 18431-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18431.159794650818710 (code B ref 18431); Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18431) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Aug 2020 18:01:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43941 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8osm-0004rh-2h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:01:48 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:60516) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8osg-0004rM-Kt for 18431@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:01:46 -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:In-Reply-To:Date: References: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=oibTZwLp0av55rCVzUf2AUYI2Z7k2bLNp/6gGEknTWk=; b=gU/0KujiBXpQs4l3wKgVku8WO7 mElr4tK39L8qJ89HwUy1fqa7YgogQDEYaD7eceVc/eBqEr4nTclq4xqP8/4B8M5SKq9n0IMhV6EMK YeyOXkmdh/TT5dxG3VABpTvOfo4LjYqBenRjGhSKlZa+yWRQL/oapRXVXE6r6fFhl3Xg=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k8osX-0007ts-Dj; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:01:36 +0200 X-Now-Playing: A Tribe Called Quest's _People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm_: "Push It Along" In-Reply-To: (Rustom Mody's message of "Tue, 9 Sep 2014 17:18:07 +0530") 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:185741 Archived-At: Rustom Mody writes: > Say I dont have emacs running and call emacsclient as follows: > > $ emacsclient --alternate-editor emacs foo.txt > > Error (warning) message as follows is given: > > emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? > To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start". > > After printing which, it starts ok, editing the file!! This has been changed in Emacs 28 -- if you say -q --alternate-editor, it'll no longer output that message. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no