From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18431: 24.3; emacsclient spurious error message Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:50:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410277877 23530 80.91.229.3 (9 Sep 2014 15:51:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 15:51:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18431@debbugs.gnu.org To: Rustom Mody Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 09 17:51:09 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNhE-0007H5-EB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:51:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNhE-0000OD-4m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:51:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53379) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNhA-0000O7-5g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNh8-0001D7-UC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:51:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNh8-0001D1-RJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNh8-00064D-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18431 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18431-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18431.141027783923288 (code B ref 18431); Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18431) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Sep 2014 15:50:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35538 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNgk-00063X-FP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:37437 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNgh-00063P-Nx for 18431@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRNgh-0002gC-2f; Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:50:35 -0400 X-Spook: Steve Case Craig Livingstone SAFE Waco, Texas Saudi X-Ran: ;kwJX,0D`t=.o@t=Yc%w9U[`";HrQx\W?iI!f+P^BqB#v;3k/u9;LC1P{='3 (Rustom Mody's message of "Tue, 9 Sep 2014 17:18:07 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:93199 Archived-At: Rustom Mody wrote: > 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!! It it is letting you know that it tried to contact an existing Emacs instance but failed, and it shares the message text with the non --alternate-editor case. Yes, the message could be special-cased for --alternate-editor, but it doesn't seem like a big deal.