From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: server-start and server-name doesn't seem to work Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:32:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87aazrp607.fsf@newsguy.com> <874opygau8.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255746839 16043 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2009 02:33:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Harry Putnam Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 17 04:33:49 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Myz74-00078f-VA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:33:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37648 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Myz74-0001Ma-Gp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Myz6g-0000yy-H7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Myz6b-0000tt-Ng for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44761 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Myz6b-0000tj-JI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com ([209.85.220.228]:51455) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Myz6b-0007Lt-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:17 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so3118257fxm.42 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:33:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SVcK7pt1VRyBXh15Q6o9nbh3l1sVY3pOeN4ELmxbtKo=; b=w/Nb14WU63qSKttgDM6LxgrxPq5lLHO92BxBhtN4rUKRa33YipWKVdYi0H5teZm9yB A5dTz5m3gvr/gm88xh/ntTYNfeJAk4XLct2gR0PPfxYxiBWJb7KyFjbasICUQUgZ3LXa iy/mXi0Vn4DPDccRWZycNwA9ynHakgx/2E8/0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HEQtHoxEbQATbKMcT9imRHHf6ChKP0Jtmk9TM+dH0pDV1jSBLOEeSoOmtj7zVn8P5q YeULwt0UFxqw5h80yER8Sy362Yv2XsDqqCpT+8S8baOsccWhnKsgc/Ih2OZHx+jVV/bv 4frCa187dgZpu6O7APMGf5dnVAFF128AQgE7c= Original-Received: by 10.239.146.77 with SMTP id v13mr191608hba.61.1255746796331; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:33:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874opygau8.fsf@newsguy.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116193 Archived-At: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 01:47, Harry Putnam wrote: > The manual is pretty clear in > saying it is something I should be able to do: Not so clear, apparently. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machin= e by giving > =C2=A0 each one a unique "server name", using the variable `server-name'. > =C2=A0 For example, `M-x set-variable server-name foo ' > =C2=A0 sets the server name to `foo'. =C2=A0The `emacsclient' program can > =C2=A0 specify a server by name, using the `-s' option (*note emacsclient > =C2=A0 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. Juanma