From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Eglen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: emacsclient not working anymore on Mac OS X Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:43:44 -0600 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <15849.12560.102613.624000@mosaics.wustl.edu> References: <16429675@toto.iv> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038692836 23822 80.91.224.249 (30 Nov 2002 21:47:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:47:16 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18IFSF-0006C6-00 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:47:15 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18IFaT-0007Rg-00 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:55:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18IFQR-00060I-00; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:45:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18IFPB-0005X5-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:44:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18IFP8-0005Wu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: from pcg.wustl.edu ([128.252.248.1]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18IFP7-0005Wd-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mosaics.wustl.edu (mosaics.wustl.edu [128.252.204.36]) by pcg.wustl.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAULieG06718 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:44:41 -0600 (CST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <16429675@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under Emacs 21.2.92.1 X-Face: +)csgYhE,B+BbF9kJOOg$!39ra9i*)h5BWZj/kjQ;7R[x>uc)l)C"v0KRo8:1=^AAT\k!IE &F(A&4XJa(}X`kf2e<_K Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9762 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9762 > emacsclient --no-wait +100 file.tex > emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? I'm afraid that I can't help answer this question, but it made me think of the following: Would it be a good idea for this error message to explain how to start the server within Emacs? You might think that because someone has used emacsclient, they must know to do M-x server-start before hand. However, in ESS (Emacs speaks statistics), emacsclient is used to allow running statistical processes to use Emacs to edit various objects. So it it possible that an Emacs user may not yet know about calling server-start. Perhaps ESS should ensure (server-start) is called, but regardless I think having an extra line in the error might be helpful. e.g.: emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? To start the server in emacs, type "M-x server-start". Any objections to me checking this into lib-src/emacsclient.c? Stephen