From: Tim X <timx@spamto.devnul.com>
Subject: Re: howto: 2 users interactively edit the same file ?
Date: 31 Oct 2005 18:38:54 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d5lmuodt.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.13285.1130658471.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Bernard Adrian <bernadrian@free.fr> writes:
> Pascal Bourguignon <spam@mouse-potato.com> a écrit :
>
> > Just launch emacs, and use make-frame-on-display to open another X
> > window, on another workstation. Then the two (or more, there's no
> > limit AFAIK on the number of frames you can open) users can edit the
> > same file in the same buffer at the same time.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use make-frame-on-display from an emacs running in a
> tty. I tried : make-frame-on-display ENTER :0.0
>
> Nothing happens on X, where $DISPLAY is :0.0, though.
>
> I was hoping to get an error log on the Messages Buffer, but i got no
> such message.
>
> Do you think :
> - emacs can't make a frame on X from a tty ?
> - my window manager (ion3) can't accept this feature ?
> - I did a mistake ?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Bernard Adrian
> http://bernadrian.free.fr
>
Its unlikely it can be done from a tty - I don't think emacs will be
loading the X libraries (needed to open an X display).
Tim
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2005-10-26 5:43 ` howto: 2 users interactively edit the same file ? PT
2005-10-26 6:08 ` Matt Carlson
2005-10-30 7:11 ` Tim X
2005-10-30 4:29 ` Tim X
2005-10-30 5:06 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-10-30 7:46 ` Bernard Adrian
[not found] ` <mailman.13285.1130658471.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-10-30 8:33 ` Johan Bockgård
2005-10-30 8:47 ` Bernard Adrian
2005-10-31 7:38 ` Tim X [this message]
2005-10-31 18:06 ` Bernard Adrian
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2005-11-03 6:51 ` Tim X
2005-10-31 8:04 ` Tim X
2005-10-31 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-10-31 21:48 ` kgold
2005-11-01 4:50 ` Matt Carlson
[not found] ` <mailman.13482.1130789736.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-11-03 6:25 ` Tim X
2005-11-03 7:05 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-11-04 10:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-10-26 5:04 Matt Carlson
2005-10-26 5:22 ` Neon Absentius
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