* emacsclient –alternate-editor= “Could not start the Emacs daemon”; "standard input is not a tty"
@ 2019-08-18 16:03 Matthew McClure
2019-08-19 12:10 ` Matthew McClure
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From: Matthew McClure @ 2019-08-18 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
How might I tell emacsclient that it shouldn't need a tty to start the
Emacs daemon?
I'm using Emacs 26.2 from Homebrew Cask.
I have a Keyboard Maestro macro intended to create a new Emacs frame.
/usr/local/bin/emacsclient -n -c --alternate-editor=
It works in Bash in Terminal. If an Emacs server isn't already
running, the `--alternate-editor=` argument says to start the server
and try again.
In Keyboard Maestro, it works if an Emacs server is already running.
Otherwise, Keyboard Maestro shows the following message.
/usr/local/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
emacs: standard input is not a tty
Error: Could not start the Emacs daemon
I'm surprised that emacsclient tries to start the daemon in a way that
requires a tty.
How might I tell emacsclient that it shouldn't need a tty to start the
Emacs daemon?
--
Matthew McClure
Continuous Delta
https://www.continuousdelta.com/
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* Re: emacsclient –alternate-editor= “Could not start the Emacs daemon”; "standard input is not a tty"
2019-08-18 16:03 emacsclient –alternate-editor= “Could not start the Emacs daemon”; "standard input is not a tty" Matthew McClure
@ 2019-08-19 12:10 ` Matthew McClure
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From: Matthew McClure @ 2019-08-19 12:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 12:03 PM Matthew McClure
<matt@continuousdelta.com> wrote:
>
> How might I tell emacsclient that it shouldn't need a tty to start the
> Emacs daemon?
>
> I'm using Emacs 26.2 from Homebrew Cask.
>
> I have a Keyboard Maestro macro intended to create a new Emacs frame.
>
> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient -n -c --alternate-editor=
>
> Keyboard Maestro shows the following message.
>
> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> emacs: standard input is not a tty
> Error: Could not start the Emacs daemon
Disregard my question.
The macro works after changing the script to:
```
PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
emacsclient -c -n --alternate-editor=
```
Keyboard Maestro uses a different environment from Bash in Terminal,
and `/usr/local/bin` wasn't in PATH. It was trying to start the Emacs
daemon using /usr/bin/emacs. On my machine that's version 22.1.1,
presumably included with macOS.
--
Matthew McClure
Continuous Delta
https://www.continuousdelta.com/
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