From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: saint@eng.it Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; emacsclient --eval new behaviour Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:01 +0200 Message-ID: <20070916191701.qzud5nmvsccggo0s@webmail.eng.it> References: <18154.36545.341976.532025@mail.eng.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189972511 8693 80.91.229.12 (16 Sep 2007 19:55:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:55:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 16 21:55:09 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IX0Cu-00055I-EN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:55:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IX0Ct-000517-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:55:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWxk7-0000Ys-7Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IWxk5-0000Yd-9A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IWxk5-0000YT-3J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWxk4-00047n-Pe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWxja-0004RW-9U for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:16:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWxk0-00046o-A6 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.eng.it ([62.101.90.18] helo=mail.eng.it) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWxjz-00046W-Um for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:17:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.eng.it (dioscuri-posta-gb [192.168.99.21]) by deliver.antivirus (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F1B71800A; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from webmail.eng.it (polluce-gb [192.168.99.18]) by mail.eng.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 659AD18008; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 217-133-20-189.b2b.tiscali.it (217-133-20-189.b2b.tiscali.it [217.133.20.189]) by webmail.eng.it (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:01 +0200 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) X-Originating-IP: 62.101.90.18 X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218 X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:54:03 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:79043 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:19893 Archived-At: Quoting Stefan Monnier : >> emacsclient -c option (and subsequently emacsclient new default >> behaviour) may "break" compatibility with pre-existent user utilities >> and settings when used together with -e to trigger an emacs function >> from outside. > > Yes, I think that the -c argument should be reversed from "--current-frame" > to "--create-frame". I agree, I didn't acted that way since I accepted it as a design decision. I think that you should imply the -n flag when -e is given with --create-frame > The other thing that would be nice to change is to turn -t into -nw, but > that's more difficult because currently emacsclient treats "-nw" as "-n -w" > and its option-parsing code doesn't know how to deal with "-nw" otherwise. > As a first step we can change --tty to --no-window-system, tho. But are 2 letter short options common ? -- Gian Friends will be friends right to the end!