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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: MacOs emacsclient does not start
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 05:28:08 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <838rbl7tjb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jzv619qv.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (message from Uwe Brauer on Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:19:52 +0200)

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:19:52 +0200
> 
> >> Well but I restarted it, without any success.
> 
> > Restarted what?  I didn't say anything about restarting.
> 
> The emacs server.
> 
> So the command  list-processes returns 
> 
> server          --      listen  --                        --           Main         (network server on /var/folders/j1/7bbsk0jj6nxd5yxndqwvb1t00000gn/T/emacs501/server)
> 
> but emacsclient returns
> 
> emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> 
> emacsclient: To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> 
> emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor.  Please use:
> 
> 
> 
> 	--socket-name
> 
> 	--server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
> 
> 	--alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)
> 
> So I am really puzzled.

Maybe emacsclient looks for the socket in a place different from the
place where the server places the socket?  Try using --socket-file.



  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-12  2:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-11 13:02 MacOs emacsclient does not start Uwe Brauer
2023-07-11 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-11 18:17   ` Uwe Brauer
2023-07-11 18:51     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-11 20:19       ` Uwe Brauer
2023-07-12  2:28         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-07-12  2:48         ` Po Lu
2023-07-12  7:02           ` Uwe Brauer
2023-07-12 12:37             ` [SOLVED] (was: MacOs emacsclient does not start) Uwe Brauer

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