From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs w32 as external editor in Thunderbird Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:53:37 -0600 Message-ID: References: <9pCdnX0UY_e91O3WnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@sysmatrix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265683249 32371 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2010 02:40:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:40:49 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 09 03:40:47 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Neg1u-0000bM-Iz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38581 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Neg1t-0004UI-Tf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:40:45 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:53:36 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: X-No-Archive: yes Original-Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.132.24 Original-X-Trace: sv3-Np54o/mUroNr0kxsStDFMVXoR01MIp0WKrmyz55cS4DL4xS9T077laGP4emicI3tA/80IgBM12ddedK!1bu+R21tMmrlvAccCVHQtOuxWpi+KzKJN4oF1xetuiHEot8S0DzkIq6oCF2iDkneK/asybOiCWml!t102zqJq2/pr0TwHh82RXoUqpG9opQ== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:176682 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 X-Gmane-Expiry: 2010-02-23 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:71752 Archived-At: Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Monday 08 February 2010 09:25 AM, B. T. Raven wrote: >> Can any of you tell me what is going on? I have ALTERNATE_EDITOR >> environment variable set to C:\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe and >> emacsclientw.exe somewhere appropriate in the registry (win2000); at >> least server functionality works if I don't try to call it through >> Thunderbird. > > What do you use to call emacs from Thunderbird? I use > `emacsclient -ca=""'. However I am on GNU/Linux, so things > might be different. > >> Thanks, >> >> Ed > In about:config under exteditor.default.editor I have C:\emacs\bin\emacsclientw.exe -n "%1" but that doesn't help. Neither does making a file association between Emacs and .eml extension. Apparently, calling runemacs.exe or emacs.exe when you should be calling ALTERNATE_EDITOR or emacsclientw.exe causes the server to stop in the initial Emacs instance and another Emacs process to be started, forked, or whatever it's called. Thanks anyway. I would try your emacsclientw -ca="" but I don't think -c is a switch on w32 build.