From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: server-start and server-name doesn't seem to work
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:44:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vdieefr2.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f7ccd24b0910161932s63dc4aeckc0eb3ebb6e421ae9@mail.gmail.com
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 01:47, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>> The manual is pretty clear in
>> saying it is something I should be able to do:
>
> Not so clear, apparently.
>
>> You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machine by giving
>> each one a unique "server name", using the variable `server-name'.
>> For example, `M-x set-variable <RET> server-name <RET> foo <RET>'
>> sets the server name to `foo'. The `emacsclient' program can
>> specify a server by name, using the `-s' option (*note emacsclient
>> Options::).
>
> That means that you can have several simultaneous instances of Emacs,
> each one running its own server (with different server-name's of
> course), and emacsclient can be used to connect with any of them.
The `something' I was talking about was the ability to acquire a named
server, so ... I meant in the sense that you can have a named
server... I wasn't concerned with multiple servers.
Stefan has cleared up how its done... thanks
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-17 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-16 18:07 server-start and server-name doesn't seem to work Harry Putnam
2009-10-16 18:25 ` Óscar Fuentes
2009-10-16 18:49 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-16 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-16 23:47 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-17 2:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-17 5:41 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-17 2:32 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-17 5:44 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
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