Re: start emacs without creating frames and connect with emacsclient later

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

  > >> > I got a lot of private emails from people very happy to use this
  > >> > feature.   And some people actually want to distribute the patch.
  > >> > So here's an updated version including documentation.
  > >> 
  > >> What about the problem I mentioned that your code will end up not
  > >> calling `frame-initialize' at all?  Have you looked into it?
  > 
  > > AFAICT what is done in `frame-initialize' should not be needed in this case.
  > 
  > Then could you add a comment that explains why?

Does this sound OK?

Index: startup.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/startup.el,v
retrieving revision 1.503
diff -u -3 -p -u -p -r1.503 startup.el
--- startup.el	23 Aug 2008 16:59:19 -0000	1.503
+++ startup.el	3 Sep 2008 06:41:37 -0000
@@ -881,9 +881,15 @@ opening the first frame (e.g. open a con
 
   (run-hooks 'before-init-hook)
 
-  ;; Under X Window, this creates the X frame and deletes the terminal frame.
-  (when (fboundp 'frame-initialize)
-    (frame-initialize))
+  (if (daemonp)
+      ;; Just start the server here, no need to run
+      ;; `frame-initialize', it deals with creating a frame and
+      ;; setting the parameters for the initial frame, we don't need
+      ;; any of those.
+      (server-start)
+    ;; Under X Window, this creates the X frame and deletes the terminal frame.
+    (when (and (fboundp 'frame-initialize))
+      (frame-initialize)))
 
   ;; Turn off blinking cursor if so specified in X resources.  This is here
   ;; only because all other settings of no-blinking-cursor are here.