From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eddie Hillenbrand <eh88@nau.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacsclient: create a new frame if one doesn't exist
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:57:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv3994gyhj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <79D43497-BB6A-4DE8-989F-C0FB32D68437@nau.edu> (Eddie Hillenbrand's message of "Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:34:37 -0700")
>> I think I'd prefer a solution that doesn't require adding options to
>> emacsclient (i.e. where the choice is expressed via a customization in
>> .emacs).
> I thought about taking that route, but at the command line the user may want
> to create a frame if one doesn't exist or the user may want to
> create a frame regardless of other frames. I'm not sure how to provide both
> without adding an option to emacsclient.
Assuming you manage to get the "reuse frame when possible" to be the
default behavior, than -c will still let the user choose to force
creation of a new frame.
BTW, have you tried
emacsclient --display "$DISPLAY" <file>
-- Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-19 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-16 17:47 emacsclient: create a new frame if one doesn't exist Eddie Hillenbrand
2012-03-16 17:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-03-16 18:39 ` Eddie Hillenbrand
2012-03-16 20:09 ` Eddie Hillenbrand
2012-03-16 20:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-03-17 22:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-03-19 18:34 ` Eddie Hillenbrand
2012-03-19 19:57 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-03-19 23:13 ` Eddie Hillenbrand
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