From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: --daemon vs. server-start Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:22:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200901241822.n0OIMKg8021404@rodan.ics.uci.edu> References: <873afcz2gi.fsf@escher.local.home> <200901232039.n0NKd6Zl017140@rodan.ics.uci.edu> <87bptx38e2.fsf@escher.local.home> <200901240044.n0O0iGqF018302@rodan.ics.uci.edu> <87zlhg22uy.fsf@escher.local.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232821794 9062 80.91.229.12 (24 Jan 2009 18:29:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:29:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 24 19:31:06 2009 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 1LQnHa-0008SQ-P1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:31:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41705 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQnGJ-0007sH-5P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:29:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQn9d-0005o7-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:22:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQn9c-0005nr-Hi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:22:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51654 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQn9c-0005no-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:22:48 -0500 Original-Received: from barrelv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.114]:56237) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQn9b-0002BC-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:22:48 -0500 Original-Received: from rodan.ics.uci.edu (rodan.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.9]) by barrelv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0OIMKUL019572; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:22:20 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by rodan.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n0OIMKg8021404; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:22:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87zlhg22uy.fsf@escher.local.home> (Stephen Berman's message of "Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:30:29 +0100") Original-Lines: 20 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n0OIMKUL019572 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@rodan.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:108197 Archived-At: Stephen Berman writes: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:44:16 -0800 (PST) Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > Again, starting > > emacs -Q --daemon > > is similar to starting > > emacs -Q -nw -f server-start > > add your options at the end and compare the effect. > > I understand *that* they are similar, but I would like to know *why* > they are similar. I looked at the parts of the source dealing with the > daemon but saw nothing that made the similarity, and the consequent > incompatibility with X11 options, clear to me. What should I be looking > for? (If this question indicates that my understanding is too little to > comprehend the answer, then I guess I'll have to give up for now.) Command line option processing depends on `initial-window-system'. emacs --daemon does not start any X11 connection, so initial-window-system is nil.