From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Back to emacsclient/server Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:00:24 +0100 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161619668 18871 80.91.229.2 (23 Oct 2006 16:07:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 23 18:07:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2Kh-0003bG-SZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:07:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2Kh-0004tu-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2Eg-0007cQ-U6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2Ea-0007Wl-Rs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2Ea-0007WP-Ah for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gc2EZ-00007r-MB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2EL-000250-BT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:00:49 +0200 Original-Received: from fw01.cmbrmaks.akamai.com ([80.67.64.10]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:00:49 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by fw01.cmbrmaks.akamai.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:00:49 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fw01.cmbrmaks.akamai.com X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zDV09JuhhzAWTQ5vzVAuqn8ciBU= 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:61048 Archived-At: This may seem like an offbeat suggestion, but I think Emacs could behave like a SSH daemon for emacsclient/server interactions.. Consider the advantages: (assuming OpenSSH would be the starting point) - it's not difficult to do, and the protocol is fairly standard - authentication and automation can be handled with SSH keys - the client can be a plain SSH client - encryption is free (and can be disabled, but on by default) - Emacs doesn't have to be updated if the SSL libraries change - there will be less "standalone" code in Emacs and perhaps less code overall - debugging, using, and understanding the mechanism would be easier I realize this is not a trivial project, but I also think it would benefit Emacs greatly. Ted