Trouble getting the daemon thread online.

Trouble getting the daemon thread online.

[Davin Pearson]

It seems that I was correct in assuming Emacs 28.1
is running a daemon thread.  With the new GNU Version I am having trouble
loading
emacs.

When I type

$emacs

at the command prompt, it starts up Emacs but then after 6
seconds of loading it terminates itsel f.

When I type emacsclient -c it says the following message.

/snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started
the server?
/snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: To start the server in Emacs, type
"M-x server-start".
/snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/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)

Re: Trouble getting the daemon thread online.

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:36:14 +1200, Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> said:

    Davin> It seems that I was correct in assuming Emacs 28.1
    Davin> is running a daemon thread.  With the new GNU Version I am having trouble
    Davin> loading
    Davin> emacs.

Only if you start it with --daemon or run '(server-start)' from your
init file. Unless you mean the desktop environment run files that ship
with emacs, which can start emacs in daemon mode.

    Davin> When I type

    Davin> $emacs

    Davin> at the command prompt, it starts up Emacs but then after 6
    Davin> seconds of loading it terminates itsel f.

    Davin> When I type emacsclient -c it says the following message.

    Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started
    Davin> the server?
    Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: To start the server in Emacs, type
    Davin> "M-x server-start".
    Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor.
    Davin> Please use:

    Davin> --socket-name
    Davin> --server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
    Davin> --alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)

Well, it Emacs isnʼt running, then emacsclient wonʼt be able to
connect to it. You need to figure out why emacs is exiting. 'emacs -Q'
is normally a good start.

Robert
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Re: Trouble getting the daemon thread online.

[Davin Pearson]

I have written the following batch file: runmacs.bat

cd ~ && emacs --geometry 1024x768 --debug-init $1 &

and placed it in the directory ~/Binaries

Then executing the command runmacs.bat starts emacs every time
(but not in daemon mode which is my personal preference)

On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 20:47, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:36:14 +1200, Davin Pearson <
> davin.pearson@gmail.com> said:
>
>     Davin> It seems that I was correct in assuming Emacs 28.1
>     Davin> is running a daemon thread.  With the new GNU Version I am
> having trouble
>     Davin> loading
>     Davin> emacs.
>
> Only if you start it with --daemon or run '(server-start)' from your
> init file. Unless you mean the desktop environment run files that ship
> with emacs, which can start emacs in daemon mode.
>
>     Davin> When I type
>
>     Davin> $emacs
>
>     Davin> at the command prompt, it starts up Emacs but then after 6
>     Davin> seconds of loading it terminates itsel f.
>
>     Davin> When I type emacsclient -c it says the following message.
>
>     Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have
> you started
>     Davin> the server?
>     Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: To start the server in
> Emacs, type
>     Davin> "M-x server-start".
>     Davin> /snap/emacs/1609/usr/bin/emacsclient: No socket or alternate
> editor.
>     Davin> Please use:
>
>     Davin> --socket-name
>     Davin> --server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
>     Davin> --alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)
>
> Well, it Emacs isnʼt running, then emacsclient wonʼt be able to
> connect to it. You need to figure out why emacs is exiting. 'emacs -Q'
> is normally a good start.
>
> Robert
> --
>

Re: Trouble getting the daemon thread online.

[Jean Louis]

* Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> [2022-08-07 04:37]:
> I have written the following batch file: runmacs.bat
> 
> cd ~ && emacs --geometry 1024x768 --debug-init $1 &
> 
> and placed it in the directory ~/Binaries
> 
> Then executing the command runmacs.bat starts emacs every time
> (but not in daemon mode which is my personal preference)

I have following setup in a script, and I start script by clicking
with mouse on an icon. If server has started, it runs emacsclient,
otherwise it starts server, waits 10 seconds and open emacsclient.

#!/bin/bash
export EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="/run/user/1001/emacs/server"
if pgrep -f "emacs --bg-daemon" > /dev/null
then
    espeak "Starting Emacs client"
    emacsclient -c
else
    espeak "Starting Emacs daemon"
    emacs --bg-daemon
    sleep 10
    emacsclient -c
fi

-- 
Jean

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