From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: howto: 2 users interactively edit the same file ? Date: 31 Oct 2005 18:38:54 +1100 Message-ID: <87d5lmuodt.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <87ll0bvd9t.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> <87acgrsieb.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130744585 3885 80.91.229.2 (31 Oct 2005 07:43:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 31 08:42:56 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWUJk-00074G-9c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:42:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWUJg-0000zz-Vj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:42:53 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp4-97.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1130744335 59.167.4.97 (31 Oct 2005 18:08:55 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.glorb.com!nntp.waia.asn.au!203.16.214.244.MISMATCH!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135116 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:30707 Archived-At: Bernard Adrian writes: > Pascal Bourguignon 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 -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!