Re: [ottomaddox@fastmail.fm: emacsclient won't open new frame on remote display]

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> This suggested change causes Emacs to create a new frame displaying some
>>> random buffer.  If server.el subsequently uses switch-to-buffer or something
>>> like that, it's probably OK, but if it instead uses something like
>>> pop-to-buffer because you want to display emacsclient buffers in their own
>>> window or frame, then you end up with 2 windows (or frames) one of which
>>> displays some random buffer.
>
>> As the original bug report indicates, the current default behavior is
>> that the buffer is not displayed at all, which is clearly broken.  My
>> thinking is that it makes more sense to create the new frame, to
>> ensure that the default behavior (with no customizations) works.  If
>> the user customizes the emacsserver behavior, like changing it to use
>> pop-to-buffer, those personal customizations can be adapted to work
>> with extra displays.  But the default behavior must definitely work.
>
>> What do you think?
>
> The OP's problem is indeed clearly a bug.  I was just pointing out why your
> patch is not a good fix.

I've checked in a fix that I think addresses your objection.