Re: server-start under Windows

["Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>]

> "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@rum.cs.yale.edu> wrote
> 
> > You'll need to hack process.c like you did for emacsclient.c to make
> > it understand `local' connections (I assume that w32 has unix-domain
> > sockets of some sort).
> 
> It appear as if most of this has been done.  I just do not know what
> make-network-process is supposed to be doing so I cannot tell what is going
> wrong.  If someone knows how make-network-process is supposed to work and can
> provide a few pointers I may be able to figure it out.

Can you try to work it out with Kim <storm@cua.dk> (the author of the
original Unix code) and with Jason <jasonr@gnu.org> (who I think had
something to do with adapting it to w32) ?

> >  Could you show us the patches you needed to
> > apply to emacsclient.c ?
> 
> I would be more than happy to provide a patch for emacsclient.c that
> incorporates my changes.  I had wanted to be able to test my work before
> doing so, but I could send it to the list tonight with the disclaimer that
> it is almost completely untested.

I wanted to see the patch just to get some idea of what might be needed
in process.c.  I send untested patches all the time, so don't worry about
it ;-).


	Stefan